I find useful tips from the paper in the title. I added sentences with *. If you want the whole paper with 23 pages, PM or google.
ORGANIZATION Always put the date and your contact info on the front page. Figure out the one central and novel contribution of your paper. Start with the main result. Get to the central result as fast as possible. Make it easy for readers to skim. Organize the paper in “triangular” or “newspaper” style, not in “joke” or “novel” style. Give the result before the fact. Do not start with philosophy or a cute quotation.
WRITING RULES Have a gut to cut* KISS - Keep the paper as short as possible. Simple is better. Don’t repeat things. Previews and recalls are a good sign of poor organization. Follow the rule: SCR or Resolution, Complication, Situation or BLUF - Bottom Line Up front* Sentence means what it says. Strive for precision Document your work Don’t use footnotes for parenthetical comments
WRITING TIPS Keeping track of what your reader knows and doesn’t know is the most important. Use active tense. Gee, Readers wonder who did that. Search for and delete “is” and “are”. “I” is fine. If too much “I,” avoid it. Use “we” to mean “the reader and I,” and “you” for the reader. Present tense is usually best. Keep the tense consistent. Parallelism* Use the normal sentence structure. Every sentence have a subject, verb and object. Avoid technical jargon wherever possible. Writing is concrete, not abstract. Don’t use adjectives. The world will give them to you. Results are certainly not “very novel.” Use simple short words not big fancy words. “Use” not “utilize.” “several” not “diverse Delete everything before the “that”. Search for and delete “that”. “This” has something following it. Strike “I leave x for future research.” Readers are less interested in your plans and excuses than we are in your memoirs. Don't “assume” about a model. Save “assumptions” for real itself. There is always enough space to spell out people’s names. Don’t overuse italics. Only when the emphasis in a sentence would otherwise not be clear Don't use slash. One direction is enough. Add “and vice versa”.
PRESENTATION Showing the main results is the only reason you came, why not just start right now! You don’t need any literature review or motivation in a seminar. Start your seminars with “Look at table 1.” That’s a good model to emulate. Get to the #1 important contribution as fast as possible. Don't be like a loose boxer. Just punch right in the point.* Don't be like doing a magic or telling a joke. Again punch right in the point.* Don't start with pointless policy implications. We can’t follow since we don’t know the result. Don't show a long literature review. Boring since we don’t know the point of this paper. Listen to the questions, all the way to the end, then count to three before answering. Keep a sheet of paper handy. Speak loudly, slowly and clearly.
CONCLUSION There’s nothing wrong with ending early!
