How to write a great research paper
Process
Idea -> Write paper -> Do research
Benefits:
- Forces us to be clear, focused.
- Crystallizes what we don’t understand.
- Open the way to dialogue with others: reality check, critique and collaboration.
The goal
It’s to share the idea in a reusable way, by the paper alone they can repeat the same idea
Key points
- Your paper should have just one “ping”: one clear, sharp idea.
- You may not know exactly what the ping is when you start writing: but you must know when you finish.
- If you have lots of ideas, write a lot of papers.
Writing Mindset
I have the first page to convince the reader to read the rest of the page rather than I have a hooked reader that will read my whole page.
Tips
“List down the references, case studies and other content you used to support your paper”
“Don’t share dead-ends, save time for the reader by going to the point directly, unless there is a clear solution that didn’t work with you so you can share the why.”