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• How to write a good academic paper
– Clear
– Direct the users to the point of your paper
– Good organization is the key
• An academic paper is not a novel !!!
• Keep your readers with your flow
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• Make a good plan of the whole paper
• Example our paper requires 2 pages
– Title + Abstract 0.5 page
– Introduction 1.5 page
– Details = 9 pages
– References 1 page
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• What should be started first?
– An outline or heading of each topic
• Question: don’t know what is the heading
• Answer: write everything down
– Read the topics on your paper
• If some topics are similar or from the same
category then group them find a new heading or
make some topics to be sub-topics
• Re-order your topics in some orders
– General specific
– Old New
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• I have an outline of topics and sub-topics
• What should I do next?
– Write 1 sentence for each paragraph in that
topic
– That one-sentence must explain what you will
talk about in that paragraph
• See the flow of idea in the paper
– Re-organize your topics until the flow is good
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Now, it is the time for details
– 5 paragraphs
• Link from the previous section + Intro
• Details
• Details
• Details
• Conclusion + link to the next section
– 3 paragraphs
• Link from the previous section + Intro
• Details
• Conclusion + link to the next section
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• The last step is walking away
• You have to finish your work a few days
before the deadline
• Come back to read the whole paper the
next day
– Typos
– Word choices
– Final touch on your paper