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Creative Writing

Introduction

Do you need a humorous piece to liven up a newsletter? A jingle perhaps?

Alan Yoshioka can polish scholarly papers and churn out solid technical reports with the best of ’em, but he loves to work on lighter material as well.

He has, for example, written a dozen topical songs about pharmaceutical development and performed them at company functions – to considerable acclaim. Could your organization’s internal (or external) communications use his whimsical touch?

Samples of Creative Writing

Songs

  • The SciComm Function – a light-hearted look at scientific communications in the pharmaceutical industry
  • Greg Curnoe – a call for safer cycling conditions

Light Verse

  • Hin-Huffle Hates a Whose – Seussian verse on a question of English usage, published in Active Voice, the national newsletter of the Editors’ Association of Canada

Anagrams

The anagrams page briefly explains the art of anagramming and presents some favourite anagrams Alan has written in several categories: