OK, so now that we've gone through most of the abstracts, and you're
working hard to find the angle, the contribution, etc., of your work,
what's next? when you find it, you change the title to make your point;
you change the abstract to make your point, and you change the intro to
make your point.
the rest of the paper then has to be organized. you're writing for a
journal. every word you write costs expensive journal space, so keep it
concise. don't just fill pages because you think you need more. you
don't. we'd be happy with a 5 page paper if you can do everything in that
space. AND even more importantly, the paper needs to be rigorously
organized. if we read ONLY the titles of your sections and subsections we
ought to know the point of the paper and most everything in it. the
Organization of the paper is really important and should follow directly
from the point. nothing in the paper belongs in there unless it supports
the key point you're making, which ideally should be this angle,
contribution, etc.
Gary
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