"Tell them what you're going to tell them, 
    tell them, then tell them what you've told them"

	

== Introduction/Motivation ==


- The opening paragraphs can set the reader's attitude to the whole manuscript, so begin well. [Zobel]

- Not much more than 10% of the complete manuscript (about 0.5--1 page)

- Introduction usually composed of three parts:

1) The topic
   - Starting like "In this manuscript, ..." indicates missing context.
   - Funnel:
     - start broadly
       e.g. "In sequence analysis, ..."
     - get more and more specific very quickly
       e.g. sequence analysis -> comparison of sequences -> alignments -> global vs. local

2) Actual content
   - Now you can go ahead like "In this manuscript, ..."
   - as cursorily as possible (to not loose the reader due to too many details)
   - as detailed as necessary (to be informative and comprehensible)

3) Structure
   - Structuring a manuscript well can be difficult. Communicate the structure/logic to the reader.
   - short paragraph (separated from above by \medskip)
   - one sentence per chapter
   - not too monotonic, connect sentences


- Brief summaries at the start and end of each section
- Sentences linking one section to the next

E.g.: "Together, these results show that the hypothesis holds for linear coefficients. The difficulties presented by non-linear coefficients are considered in the next section."



Exercise:

- Do you find the above structure (1, 2, 3) in "your" paper?
- Look for introductory, summarizing and linking sentences.



== Conclusions ==

"tell them what you've told them" ... and more:

- Summary
- Impact
- Open questions / future work