I used to consider any word-processor as an impediment to fast technical document preparation, but LyX is the exception. Really quite impressive. A good starting point for finding useful material. Jr. The famous little book which everyone doing this course should at least have a look at. Omit needless words.
Vigorous writing is concise.
A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects only in outline, but that every word tell. And some forms for doing technical reviews written by the author based on his own experiences and the above material. We need to add some extra spacing and other niceness before they could be considered production quality but they are still better than nothing. Phils invitation to a review form is available in tex or postscript or html .