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How to start writing a paper

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posted on 2025-06-12, 13:54 authored by Matthew PartridgeMatthew Partridge
<p dir="ltr">A humorous flow diagram guiding researchers from “something new to show” through repeatedly making prettier graphs and tweaking a journal template, ending with “start writing.”</p>

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2018-06-13

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Flowchart showing iterative graph-making, template fiddling, and final “start writing” step.

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Have you got something new to show? While I realise that zero is technically a number, zero paper content probably won’t work Have you got enough to make a paper? Get back to the lab/field and stop procrastinating! Make all the graphs you want for your paper and see if it makes sense That sounds pretty normal Remake all your graphs with pretty colours Spend time making lots of pretty diagrams Play with the journal template Start writing

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