Starting to write an academic article: Things to know and do

We discuss academic writing in English as well as the different kinds of articles you might write. Before starting, think: Message, Audience (= your target journal), and Structure

It’s often much easier to come up with ideas for research projects and to carry them out than it is to write the work up at the end and get it published in a decent journal. This is especially the case when writing in English if this is your second (or third, or fourth) language. How to get started? What to do first? How to overcome ‘writer’s block’? Di…