Dear Hayder

I have some experience on this theme after many years writing books and papers, however it does not necessarily mean that I am a good writer. The readers decide that.

Then, I would suggest:

First, select an attractive subject

Second, you must have working experience on that subject

Third, use Internet to read as many as possible topics related to yours, and take advantage of the experience of others, it is legal, provided that you give proper credit to the author.

Perhaps you want to reproduce examples, tables or figures from other authors, however ALWAYS ASK THE AUTHOR FOR HIS AUTHORIZATION IN WRITING, and mention that, with your thanks, in your text. Probably most authors will be glad to authorize you.

Fourth, write simple, use Tables and Examples

Fifth, when writing, consider that for you the subject may be clear and transparent, but not necessarily for the reader.

The reader chose your book or article for learning, and therefore, it is not expected that he/she have to guess what you tried to say, you must write in a way that your concepts are clear and understandable.

Dear Hayder

I have some experience on this theme after many years writing books and papers, however it does not necessarily mean that I am a good writer. The readers decide that.

Then, I would suggest:

First, select an attractive subject

Second, you must have working experience on that subject

Third, use Internet to read as many as possible topics related to yours, and take advantage of the experience of others, it is legal, provided that you give proper credit to the author.

Perhaps you want to reproduce examples, tables or figures from other authors, however ALWAYS ASK THE AUTHOR FOR HIS AUTHORIZATION IN WRITING, and mention that, with your thanks, in your text. Probably most authors will be glad to authorize you.

Fourth, write simple, use Tables and Examples

Fifth, when writing, consider that for you the subject may be clear and transparent, but not necessarily for the reader.

The reader chose your book or article for learning, and therefore, it is not expected that he/she have to guess what you tried to say, you must write in a way that your concepts are clear and understandable.

I totally agree with you prof Nolberto Munier , Thank you for sharing

Dear Hayder Naser Khraibet Al-Behadili

Academic writing should involve expressing your own ideas in response to what others have said. Good writing often begins not by asserting your own opinion, but by listening actively and putting yourself in the shoes of those who think differently. If you do this, your writing will show a clearer understanding of your material, and you will write with more style and motivation. Although this can be difficult, your academic writing will benefit dramatically.

I have attached to you file that explaining some important notes and tips.

Tnanks Salah Mortada for those important notes and tips.

Dear Salah

I concur with you, however, it is strange what you said at the beginning.

It appears that academic writing is only confronting what other people say, and of course it happened, for instance in the interchange of articles between Dyer sharply criticizing AHP and Saaty, Vargas and Saaty defending it, in the 90s.

I have written many books and papers expressing my own ideas and citing people who, with their arguments and examples could support mine, as well as people that thought the opposite. Remember that our 'client' is the reader, and then he deserves to receive balanced information

Normally, except when you address a specific topic as I mentioned above, in my opinion, you don't have to put yourself in the shoes of the other. The objective of your writing is to reach the unknown reader and try to transmit your own ideas.

a good reader

To become a good academic writer, the following strategies can be useful.

I also have this question and am actively working to improve my academic prose. I think there are several things to keep in mind as you work on your writing:

A. Writing is a process, and to me, good writing - defined as clear, concise, accessible writing - is a result of LOTS of editing and re-writing. Embrace the fact that everything is a work in progress.

B. Be receptive to feedback, and receive frequent feedback from people within and outside of your research area.

C. Read your writing aloud to yourself. If it doesn't make sense when it falls on your ears, it likely won't make sense to your readers.

D. Remember your audience! Write for your readers; do all the work required to write clearly so that you don't tax your reader.

E. Read other people's writing - examples of good and bad writing. What makes good writing "good"? What makes bad writing "bad"?

F. Don't try to present too many ideas in one sentence or paragraph. It comes across as jumbled and undermines your actual idea/argument. Your reader doesn't want to dig through dense, difficult writing to understand your argument.

Although we all can give you tips, you ultimately have to find what works for you; what facilitates "good" writing for you? I was told to make my writing more conversational and less flowery, so now I try to dictate my first draft as if I'm talking to someone in a coffee shop, and then edit (and keep at it) and the writing kind of evolves. I know someone else who handwrites notes and ramblings and reconstructs those notes when they type. Different processes work for different people; you'll find what works for you.

Dear Athisham

I plenty agree with you, and would add this:

Read and reread and reread each phrase that you write, better in several days intervals, and allowing the ideas to settle, better overnight.

Normally what you wrote yesterday and thought that it was perfect, then the following day or days when you read it again you are convinced that after all it was not as good or clear as you believed.

Take you time, a little book of 100 pages, even if you have your ideas elaborated and at the tip of your fingers, it may take more than three months. My last book, containing 280 pages took more than a year.

Look for a friend to review the paper, not as the technical content, but regarding the understanding of the text. If he or she are not knowledgeable in the subject, the better. What is important is that he/she can understand what you wrote.

The reader, even a knowledgeable one, buys a book to understand or study something new for him or for enlarging his knowledge. He has not the obligation to understand what the author wanted to say.

If in your paper there are tables and figures, make sure that they will be readable when printed. The computer screen deceives about that.

And as you say; BE CRITICAL OF YOUR WORK

In regard to the techniques/guidance for research paper writing, the following publications may help:

• Cargill, M. and O'Connor, P. (2009) Writing Scientific Research Articles: Strategy and Steps. West Sussex, UK Wiley-Blackwell.
• Clark, R. P. C. (2008) Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer. Verlag: Little, Brown and Company.
• Cloutier, C. (2016) How I write: An inquiry into the writing practices of academics, Journal of Management Inquiry, 25, 1, pp. 69-84.
• Derntl, M. (2014) Basics of research paper writing and publishing, International Journal of Technology Enhanced Learning, 6, 2, pp. 105-123.
• Eriksson, P., Altermann, W. and Catuneanu, O. (2005) Editorial: Some general advice for writing a scientific paper, Journal of African Earth Sciences, 41, 4, pp. 285-288.
• Hartley, J. (2008) Academic Writing and Publishing: A Practical Handbook. New York, NY: Routledge.
• Heatwole, H. (2008) Editorial: a plea for scholarly writing, Integrative and Comparative Biology, 48, 2, pp. 159-163.
• Henson, K. T. (1991) Writing For Successful Publication. Bloomington, Indiana: National Educational Service.
• Vitse, C. L. and Poland, G. A. (2017) Writing a scientific paper - A brief guide for new investigators, Vaccine, 35, 5, pp. 722-728.
• Wallwork, A. (2011) English for Writing Research Papers. New York: Springer.

Thank you Kenneth Lui-ming Ngie for sharing these resources for writing scientific research papers.

Thank You prof Nolberto Munier for sharing those wealthy knowledge.