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Eight Steps to Developing an Effective Outline

Eight Steps to Developing an Effective Outline. www.sfedit.net. Foreword. Preparing an outline is the most important step in the process of producing a manuscript for publication in a journal.

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Eight Steps to Developing an Effective Outline

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  1. Eight Steps to Developing an Effective Outline www.sfedit.net

  2. Foreword • Preparing an outline is the most important step in the process of producing a manuscript for publication in a journal. • Whatever you decide to do, you should follow at least these steps before beginning to write your manuscript. • Remember, at this stage, you are only constructing an outline. You are not writing; you just need to put down some notes to guide your thinking.

  3. Eight Steps to Developing an Effective Outline • Step 1：Develop a central message of the manuscript • Step 2 ：Define the materials and methods • Step 3：Summarize the question(s) and problem(s)

  4. Eight Steps to Developing an Effective Outline • Step 4：Define the principal findings and results • Step 5 ：Describe the conclusions and implications • Step 6：Organize and group related ideas together

  5. Eight Steps to Developing an Effective Outline • Step 7：Identify the references that pertain to each key point • Step 8 ：Develop the introduction

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