Paper writing tips

Writing tips:

1. Begin with the end in mind (goals of the writing)
2. Flow with the end in mind (each sentence and paragraph has "end" purpose)
3. Look for gaps or open space between sentences and paragraph where the connections are weak (readers willingness to move on)
4. Claims must be supported (claims are supported by logic both yours and others)
5. Abstracts are the lean and mean of here's what we did and here's what we got. No lit review stuff in abstracts.
6. Don't forget about the bridge from the literature and your hypotheses.

Writing abstracts:

1. Opening (one sentence)
2. Purpose of the study (include hypotheses)
3. Research design/method description
4. Results (brief description)
5. Conclusion (one sentence)

* Don't put any sentence in the abstract that could be cut and pasted into another abstract.