academic writing lenses
Structure and Flow
- Read the first sentence of every paragraph. Does it tell a story?
- Read every header. Does it tell a story?
- Read it out loud. Does it “sound good”?
Necessary inclusions
- What does this paper contribute?
Possible readers
- Grumpy reviewer lens (You are a reviewer who has been reading papers all day and you are sick of it)
- Frantic literature reviewer lens (You are searching for a paper that talks about what you need it to, is this paper good?)
- Results focused reader (“I don’t care how you did it, I want results dammit”)
