Writing Better Technical Papers

This article discusses the writing of technical papers from inception to final editing. It considers first the need for writing a paper and also the audience for which it is intended. It then describes the steps of writing the paper: the summary, the outline, the illustrations, the first draft, the reviews and editing, and the final draft of the paper. Examples of these steps are given so that the writer can understand them fully and can readily adapt them to his own writing project. The article stresses establishing the need for the paper and then its development of thought and text logically so that the writer can make his point with the greatest possible impact.