Winning the Publications Game - 4th Edition (2016)
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Know yourself<br />
‘I think I’d ra<strong>the</strong>r go fishing.’<br />
Do you really want to write?<br />
The most important component of a scientific paper is<br />
not <strong>the</strong> data. It is you.<br />
If you seriously wish to become a published author,<br />
you will have to make certain changes in your life. You<br />
will face added hours of solitary work and many frustrations.<br />
You will have to call on reserves of tact, optimism<br />
and determination. At one stage you could even discover<br />
that you are creating a monster that is threatening to<br />
take over parts of your life (and <strong>the</strong> lives of your loved<br />
ones).<br />
Not surprisingly, many people drop out along <strong>the</strong><br />
way. They end up with half- finished manuscripts, or a<br />
head- full of promising ideas that go around and around<br />
– but never forward. They may well be those who are<br />
loudest in telling you exactly how you should be writing.<br />
They may appear contemptuous of anything anyone else<br />
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