How to conceive an academic paper?

Before writing an academic paper formally, we should first conceive the paper and make a good layout for the next paper writing. Intention is of great significance to paper writing, and whether it is good or not will affect the writing result of the paper. So, how to conceive an academic paper?

First, the idea of writing academic papers

1, the idea should focus on the theme: if you want to make the paper clear, you must make the full text have a running line, which is the theme of the paper. Theme is the essence of an academic paper, which embodies the author's academic views and opinions. Therefore, the first step in the conception of the paper is to determine the theme and core of the paper.

2. When conceiving the layout of a paper, we should strive for a complete and unified structure: when conceiving a paper, sometimes it is written in chronological order, sometimes in geographical position (space) order, but more often it is written in logical relationship, that is, it is required to conform to the internal relations and laws of objective things and to conform to the logic of scientific research and understanding of things. But no matter what the situation is, it must be reasonable, coherent and complete. Don't have multiple contents written in sequence in a paper, which will not only confuse the contents of the paper, but also make it difficult for readers to understand.

3. Do the necessary reader analysis: the ultimate purpose of writing and publishing any scientific and technological article is to let others see and understand their own views. Therefore, when conceiving, it is required to "have readers in mind" and do more reader analysis. With a clear audience, we can effectively explore ideas and successfully determine the angle of conception, material selection and expression. But it doesn't mean that writing a paper blindly caters to readers' ideas, which will make the paper lose its meaning.

Second, how to improve the ability to conceive?

Drawing up an outline before writing an academic paper is of great help to the author to exercise his thinking and improve his conception ability.

Writing an outline can help the author outline the framework of the whole paper, reflect his initial ideas formed after digesting materials and logical thinking, and plan what to write first, how to express it coherently, where to focus and where to make some comments or explanations. Writing according to this plan can make the paper clear in level, coherent in content and closely expressed. When designing a paper, an outline is very necessary. Through the outline, you can clear your mind and find out your possible omissions.

To draw up a writing outline, you only need to use some simple sentences or even phrases to prompt, and organize the material units and corresponding arguments into serial numbers, which is not a big workload and easy to do. The sentences used in the outline to prompt writing can sometimes be used as the titles of paragraphs in the paper. The outline of the paper doesn't need too many notes, as long as you can clearly understand the content and intention of writing.

To complete the conception of the paper, it is necessary to choose the most suitable structure for writing the paper according to the relationship between the argumentation materials selected in the conception.

Third, the common structure of thesis writing

Parallel structure: the selected materials are arranged, and there is no logical restriction between material units. Even if the arrangement order of the materials is changed, the expression effect will not be affected. Therefore, there is no so-called primary and secondary division in the discussion, and various materials do not affect each other.

Series structure: the selected materials are arranged in sequence, and there is a sequential logical relationship between material units, which cannot be interchanged at will. The most basic form of string structure is restricted string structure, and its mode is as follows: A 1A2A3An (that is, without a/kloc-0, there is no A2, and so on). This structure depends on the relationship between materials in the paper, and the discussion of materials is generally arranged according to the logical relationship between materials.

Umbrella structure: This structure refers to a structure in which one argument at a certain level is supported by two or more arguments, that is, only when two or more material units at the same level are established at the same time can the material units at the next level be established. This structure demonstrates the same argument through multiple arguments, so the materials of the argument are the main ones in writing, supplemented by the materials of other arguments.

Dual structure: In fact, when writing a paper, you don't have to stick to one model. According to the internal logical connection of the content of the paper, we should conceive how to arrange and expand the essential parts of analysis, reasoning and refutation, so as to explain the problem comprehensively, accurately and concisely and use the "composite structure" flexibly.