Do you think you need to be a good writer to be a scientist?

Question: Do you think you need to be a good writer to be a scientist?
- Keywords:
  career,
  scientist,
  skill,
  writing
Asked by anon-188598 to Shanti on 6 Nov 2018.
- Shanti Shanker answered on 6 Nov 2018:
  
  Hi again,
  I think you should definitely be good at communication, it helps. However, writing is a skill and you can develop it if you are keen to be a scientist. So being a good writer is helpful, but you can be a scientist and work on your writing.

anon-188598 commented on 7 Nov 2018:

I’m not amazing at writing but I do love science! 🙂

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Question: Do you think you need to be a good writer to be a scientist?