Stories Make for Better Letters of Recommendation and Award Nominations.

IF 1.7 Q3 CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
ATS scholar Pub Date : 2025-06-01 Epub Date: 2025-05-20 DOI:10.34197/ats-scholar.2024-0117PS
Theodore J Iwashyna, Kelly C Vranas
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Abstract

Letters of recommendation and nomination play an essential role in the distribution of many key positions, prizes, awards, and grants, particularly for early career nominees. There is very little scientific evidence about how to write such letters most effectively when the goal is to win in a competitive field. When writing a nomination letter, we believe a compelling narrative is a powerful and sometimes underused tool to make a more effective nomination. This article presents an approach to a narrative-centered nomination letter that places the nominee's achievements in the context of a simplified storytelling arc. We emphasize that effective letters use classic, well-understood tropes to allow readers to efficiently understand, retain facts about, and root for ongoing successes of nominees. We argue that this can be done without exaggeration or distortion and that providing a coherent tale, supported by evidence, is a crucial and distinctive component of effective letter writing.

故事有助于推荐信和奖项提名。
推荐信和提名信在许多关键职位、奖项、奖励和助学金的分配中起着至关重要的作用,特别是对早期职业提名者而言。当目标是在竞争激烈的领域获胜时,关于如何最有效地写这样的信,几乎没有科学证据。在写提名信时,我们相信一个引人注目的叙述是一个强大的工具,有时是一个未被充分利用的工具,以使提名更有效。本文介绍了一种以叙述为中心的提名信的方法,将被提名人的成就置于一个简化的故事叙述弧线的背景下。我们强调,有效的信函使用经典的、易于理解的比喻,让读者有效地理解、保留有关被提名者的事实,并为其持续的成功奠定基础。我们认为,这可以在没有夸张或扭曲的情况下完成,并且提供一个有证据支持的连贯故事,是有效写信的关键和独特组成部分。
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