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The methods section seems to be many academics’ favorite (and first) section to write, because it’s primarily info they’ve had to write up already in order to conduct the research. It’s also many editors’ least favorite section to edit, because its data-dense nature means there’s not always much for us to do in terms of high-impact changes. But after 15 years of editing hundreds of business research manuscripts, I've gotten more comfortable with methods—at least, comfortable

Surprise twists are the key to reader satisfaction in the right context: murder mystery novels, action thrillers, true crime exposés. None of those formats work without keeping readers in suspense until finally, the information that they want is revealed at the end of an expertly paced build-up. But in academic writing? Not so much. Surprise twists just don’t work when clarity is our main objective. Instead, the key to great writing in this context is plenty of explicit signp