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Tips on writing papers

Recently, I have read an article about writing papers. Firstly, it mentioned about some general encountered problems on paper writing including badly written, poorly constructed or focuses on a topic that is parochial, overanalysed or long past its sell-by date. Also, fail to address the major theoretical issues, take far too long to get to the point or of “conclusions" that do not arise from what has gone before.

A few extra tips from Simon Lygo-Baker (King's College London):
•Rejection by leading journals is the norm, so get used to it (but listen to any concrete criticism)
•Do not "waste" too many good ideas in a single article.
•Book reviewing is a good way to get a writing career up and running, but be careful who you criticise.
•You don't have to include an invented word and a colon in the title of every journal article.

A few extra tips from Rowena Murray (University of Strathclyde and author):
•Use writing to develop, rather than just document.
•Always keep in mind and make explicit where your "original contribution" lies.
•Learn to overcome your inner editor. Fight the temptation to stop and find references for everything as you write.
•Defer the quality question: rough drafts are meant to be rough.