My students think that we read, read, read, read, and THEN WHAM BAM, there’s a paper.
Making a manuscript isn’t just reading and reading and reading and then magically writing it. I think it’s scary to write something academic and know that its purpose is to be read because quoting Dr. Pacheco Vega "research is social" and the manuscript begins to make sense when people comment and occupy it. The process to get to that paper is long and from what is explained in their blogs and academic twitter threads, we must be patient and go step by step. It amazes me and at the same time excited the tips and strategies to achieve writing a manuscript and it is comforting to see that even those who already have more experience do this amazing process, the basic scheme and memorandums to reach their goal, It seems to me that students think that our teachers already have mastery of the techniques for writing a scientific article. My question is why even putting together a detailed outline is so complicated for students?