<![CDATA[🤦‍♀️Ok, important writing tip for research papers: don't tell us that your research is important and novel, show us it's important and novel!]]>🤦‍♀️Ok, important writing tip for research papers: don't tell us that your research is important and novel, show us it's important and novel!
Establish what is known (or unknown) and show how the work changes that landscape.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/5d988b9b-0e16-48fd-986a-89be6cf20f55/ok-important-writing-tip-for-research-papers-don-t-tell-us-that-your-research-is-important-and-novel-show-us-it-s-important-and-novelRSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 21:33:11 GMTMon, 25 May 2026 17:45:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 🤦‍♀️Ok, important writing tip for research papers: don't tell us that your research is important and novel, show us it's important and novel! on Mon, 25 May 2026 18:18:18 GMT]]>@Thebratdragon @erikcats I think we're overall in agreement, just a bit on different terms.
(unless you have something against figures, in that case we have a problem)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/ombialik/statuses/116636588311207493https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/ombialik/statuses/116636588311207493Mon, 25 May 2026 18:18:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🤦‍♀️Ok, important writing tip for research papers: don't tell us that your research is important and novel, show us it's important and novel! on Mon, 25 May 2026 18:03:33 GMT]]>@ombialik writing teacher here. 'Show, don't tell' is nearly always the best practice.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/erikcats/statuses/116636530326717167https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://dice.camp/users/erikcats/statuses/116636530326717167Mon, 25 May 2026 18:03:33 GMT