I’m gearing up to write a scientific manuscript and I want to try Rmarkdown for this. I’ve never used anything but Microsoft Word to write my manuscripts, and EndNote to manage my references. While I’m excited to try this out, I think the biggest challenge is going to be sharing my drafts with collaborators so that they can make edits (typically with track changes in microsoft word). Here are some of the key points that need to be addressed as I start researching methods for drafting manuscripts in Rmarkdown: