How to Write a Paper in a Weekend
This is a 10-min short video by Pf. Pete Carr, available at : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY7sVKJPTMA; the notes are collected by @Selina Mei at the comment section.
Key notes
- Don’t procrastinate;
- Review the notes and renew the literature search;
- Determine who your audience is – most likely reviewers, so get their concerns firstly addressed;
- Create the outline and get the big picture done,
- Complete the first draft while resisting the temptation to correct and edit as you go
- The logical sequence of data/tables/figures may be the outline
- While writing the first draft, take notes indicating what references might be needed and would be about, but don’t stop to collect the references;
- Sequence
- Begin with the easier part of the task – experimental section rather then the introductio
- Then follows the results and discussion section;
- Then comes the really hard part – critical editing, where you make sure that the English is coherent and the science is correct;
- Write the conclusion in a numbered format
- Then comes the abstract and the acknowledgements
- Now comes the introduction, the two most important things to address in which are the purpose and relevant background;
- Then collect the references.
Some final notes
- Always check the manuscript requirements for the journal of interests.
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