Planning

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Step 1

Are you writing on your own or will there be multiple authors?

Step 2

Conduct a literature search. 

Step 3

Decide the audience you are aiming to communicate with. Is it peers? Academics/ researchers? Students/trainees?

Step 4

Decide the type of paper – is it a review of the literature, primary research findings

Step 5

Decide where you want to submit the paper. 

Step 6

Develop a working title and produce an outline of your paper

Step 7

Write the paper

Step 8

Ask peers to critically review your paper

Step 9

Submit your paper to the editor, if it is a peer reviewed journal

Step 10

Celebrate being published!