Prepare, draft, and revise your research article manuscript in 10 weeks.
Online course for scientists.
The course guides you with information, support & feedback:
- videos & texts with all the relevant information from how to create a research article’s storyline and select a journal to effective communication with co-authors and detailed step-by-step revision instruction
- guidance in structuring the whole writing process to get organized and achieve optimal writing productivity
- facilitation of peer support among the participants including for additional motivation, support and reciprocal text feedback
- five Q&A sessions in the preparatory and revision phase
- two moderated peer-feedback sessions to learn & practice effective text feedback
- two drafting weeks with daily co-writing sessions
- individual trainer support through four one-on-one consultations and text feedback on the whole manuscript in the "individual support" package
Choose your option at the checkout page:
- group support for 489€ or 2x 245€
- individual support for 987€ or 3x 329€
Registration deadline: January 30, 2024.Course plan
Overview
Welcome
Dates & schedules
Your trainers
Introduce yourself and find partners for feedback & accountability
Spreadsheets for weekly/daily focus and progress
Week 1: Audience, journal & storyline
Overview week 1
Preparation checklist
Identify your audience
Select a journal
Create a storyline
Use writing as a support for your thinking
Bonus: Figure design
Week 2: Writing tips & strategies
Overview week 2
What type of writer are you?
Learn to separate drafting from revising
Writing productivity tips
Structuring techniques
Paragraph structure
Bonus: Reading strategies
Bonus: Using AI in scientific writing (ChatGPT, GPT-4, ResearchGPT)
Bonus: Writing a literature review
Week 3: Do's & don'ts of writing each section
Overview week 3
Checklists for each section
Title
Abstract
Introduction
Related work / Literature review
Methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusions
Week 4: Getting ready for drafting
Overview week 4
Preliminary Abstract
Prepare yourself for drafting
Week 5+6: Drafting
Overview drafting weeks
Track your progress & set daily focus
Revision checklist
Revisions I: Content
Content: overview
Is the main message clear & comprehensible?
Does the title reflect the content?
Are details focused?
Is all relevant information included?
Are the references complete?
Revisions II: Macrostructure
Macrostructure: overview
Does the macrostructure corresponds to journal requirements?
Is the storyline apparent and easy to follow?
Does every section fulfill its function?
Revisions III: Microstructure
Microstructure: overview
Paragraphs: structure & connections
Sentence structure
Text flow
Revisions IV: Language & style
Language & style: overview
Precise, clear & concise
Tenses, voice & more
Publication processes
Publication processes: overview
The peer-review process
Letter to the editor
Response to reviewers
Future of scientific publishing
Q&A sessions
Q&A #1 on Feb 01 with Martina
Q&A #2 on Feb 08 with Kerstin
Q&A #3 on Feb 15 with Martina
Q&A #4 on Feb 22 with Kerstin
Q&A #5 on March 14 with Kerstin
Q&A #6 on March 28 with Martina
Bonus Q&A and peer-feedback session on May 30 with Martina
Peer feedback training
How to peer-feedback effectively
Peer-feedback session 1: Macrostructure (on March 21 with Martina)
Peer-feedback session 2: Microstructure (on April 11 with Martina)
External resources
