"Quick writing" refers to rapid drafting and the formation of the first draft of a work in the shortest time. Writing quickly helps you grasp the initiative earlier and keep a peaceful mind.
"Slow revision" is the continuous iteration and improvement of the first draft to improve the quality. As the slow reform needs more time and energy, it is necessary to leave enough time before the deadline. As for how to change slowly, it's up to you and your mentor.
In this article, I mainly share the rapid and efficient drafting method of the paper, which is to discuss the "fast writing" part.
One: Research
Before you write, you should do research.
Many students began to collect materials, make charts, copy other people's opinions and even directly copy sentences in other people's papers when they got the title of their papers. However, this behavior is not recommended. Even though the primary school Chinese teacher once said that "there are many plagiarized articles in the world", in modern times, CNKI duplicate checking system has become very popular, and directly plagiarized articles can be easily detected.
When writing a paper, we should first conduct full research. Only through research can we get the latest data, unique observation angle and novel analysis tools, so as to gain knowledge that others don't know. When you confirm that the new knowledge you have gained is valuable to others, then vividly describe this cognitive difference to others in a standardized format.
So, if you haven't done research, don't rush to write.
Two: in one go
The mentality of writing a thesis lies in one go. When writing the first draft, never edit while writing.
When writing, if you keep thinking about font size, indentation and paragraph spacing, and stop to think about words and sentences from time to time, you will waste your time and face two problems:
First of all, your thoughts will be interrupted, and some original ideas and sentences may disappear instantly.
Secondly, the "sunk cost" effect will make you emotionally attached to some words. When you need to delete these words, you will reluctantly give up what you love.
This situation exists in many students' contributions. When I suggested that they delete some words, the students told me, "It took me a lot of time to write this paragraph! Can you move to another place? " Although this is a rational decision, it is difficult to make a decisive decision because of human nature. So it is suggested that at the beginning of writing, don't over-edit. Again, don't edit it.
There are many other factors that will stop you from writing the first draft in one breath. Besides words and sentences, the most important thing may be the mobile phone. Therefore, it is suggested to turn off your mobile phone, which is very helpful for your writing. Many things can be handled in your spare time, and the earth will not stop turning because you leave your mobile phone for a few hours. The recommended tool is the "tomato clock", and each standard tomato clock lasts for 25 minutes. You should concentrate on your writing during this time, and you can't have other thoughts. Take a break of 5- 15 minutes between tomato clocks, stand up and exercise, relieve the pressure on cervical vertebrae and recharge your attention. However, during the break between tomato clocks, don't look at your mobile phone, or your attention will be attracted by all kinds of elaborate content and waste your time.
Three: Pay attention to the writing order (core focus)
In order to finish the first draft in one breath, don't write a paper linearly from beginning to end, but follow the following steps to ensure that your paper is organized, logical and easy to understand. The more difficult the part, the more you should put it last to ensure that you have more time and knowledge to deal with these difficulties after completing other parts. . The introduction in the first part of the paper is "Wolf in sheep's clothing", so don't take the first step when writing.
You should write a paper according to the following steps:
1) lists the outline.
Make an outline according to the research topic. The outline is good for you to take the overall situation and know where you are at any time so as not to get lost. With an outline, you can fill in chunks and assemble the whole paper.
2) Research results
Put research results such as charts into the paper. This is what I mentioned earlier: you must study first. You must study before you can get these research results.
3) Experiment
Describe your data source, experimental organization method, data analysis process and experimental results.
4) discussion
Although you have data and display it, you must never shelve it. You need to discuss it. Think about it, if you are a serious reader, what would you think when faced with your result data? Are there any intuitive questions? If you can feel the reader's questions, use this section to raise them and respond seriously. If you can't imagine the reader's problem, look for a reader and do empathy training.
5) Conclusion
The conclusion should be three classic chunks:
First, an overview of this study: briefly summarize your research objectives, methods, achievements and contributions, so that readers can quickly understand your research results.
Second, point out the shortcomings and discuss the reasons: point out the limitations and shortcomings of your research, discuss these problems, analyze the reasons and propose solutions to let readers know the shortcomings of your research.
Third, look forward to the future improvement: according to your research results and discussion, look forward to the future research direction and improvement direction, and provide reference for the next research.
6) Summary
After writing the above parts, the summary is ready. Strike while the iron is hot. Write it. Many papers will give you a structured abstract writing guide in the template. You can refer to it and fill in the blanks item by item. This summary is not only complete in content but also clear in logic. It is necessary to write an outline for the article. You have to sacrifice Occam's razor and delete all the extra parts. Never forget people's reading order. If the abstract is not well written, no one will read the text of your paper at all. Don't forget to fill in the key words after writing the abstract.
Abstract is the first part that readers come into contact with, so you need to summarize your paper concisely, including the following contents:
First, research purpose: briefly introduce your research purpose and background, so that readers can understand your research background and significance.
Second, research methods: briefly introduce your research methods and experimental design, so that readers can understand your research design and methods.
Third, research results: briefly introduce your research results and findings, so that readers can understand your research results.
Conclusion: Briefly summarize your conclusions and contributions, so that readers can understand your research conclusions and significance.
7) Literature review
When reviewing literature, don't simply pile up references to make up the number of words, which is a big mistake. The purpose of literature review is not only to prove to readers or teachers that you have worked hard and read those documents, but also to scan the academic research environment. Therefore, you should use the important research results of predecessors to build a Zhang Wenxian network. You need to know what important research is in this field, evaluate their contributions and shortcomings, and incorporate these evaluations into your research. You can put the literature notes together in an orderly way according to time or classification to form a logical literature review. This kind of literature review can really arouse readers' interest and make people feel that you have made a lot of efforts in research.
8) Introduction. When writing an introduction, we need to pay attention to the value and necessity of research. The value and necessity of the research lies in solving the readers' pain points and itching points. You need to let readers know what problems your research can solve and what needs you can meet. Only in this way will readers be interested and want to continue to understand your research. So you need to clearly explain the value and necessity of your research, so that readers can clearly understand the significance and role of your research.
Write at the end:
In short, pay attention to the order, make good use of tools, write quickly, and change slowly.