- There is no sufficient condition for good writing, but there is a necessary condition. The necessary condition for good writing is being able to explain the reason why each part had to be written that way.
- Be monotone and explicit.
- Use the simplest possible structure, paragraphs, sentences, and expressions.
- Fix the viewpoint (consumers, producers, etc.) within the paragraph, and possibly within the section.
- Use the same word and the name of the concept throughout the text to avoid confusion.
- Define new concepts before the discussion.
- The figure, table, and main text should be self-contained by themselves.
- Use Grammarly Free to remove typos
- Put each paragraph in ChatGPT and ask for correcting the grammar
- Equations appearing in the main text should be limited to
- equations describing the concepts or settings
- equations describing the results from which we derive insights
- Equations in the middle of derivation should be included only if describing it helps readers understand the intuition about the mechanism