TIM ALBERT writer and trainer
TIM ALBERTwriter and trainer

Problems faced by writers of papers

Here are a list of problems commonly reported by writers of scientific papers, linked with the appropriate chapters in the book Winning the Publications Game. The chapters are listed below that. 

I don’t have enough time to write                 chapters 2, 3

 

I haven’t got any good ideas                                      chapter 3

 

I don’t know how to get started                                  chapter 3

 

I write too much                                                       chapters 3, 4

 

I find it difficult to stop researching                            chapter 4

 

I find it difficult to structure my writing                      chapter 5

 

I find writing slow and painful                                    chapter 6

 

I make mistakes of spelling and/or grammar               chapter 7

 

I don’t know when to write the title/abstract               chapter 8

 

Other people keep changing what I write                    chapter 9

 

I don’t know whom to send my article to                     chapter 10

 

I don’t know if I’ve written a good article                    chapter 1, 10

Chapters

Chapter 1: Know the game

 

Chapter 2: Know yourself

 

Chapter 3: First set yourself a brief

 

Chapter 4: Expand the brief

 

Chapter 5: Make a plan, or four

 

Chapter 6: Write the first draft

 

Chapter 7: Rewrite your draft

 

Chapter 8: Prepare the additional elements

 

Chapter 9: Use internal reviewers

 

Chapter 10: Send off the package

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