What if writing scientific papers was faster, easier, and a bit less painful? This book provides a step-by-step, top-down approach that makes it easier to turn your hard-won results into research papers that are focused, exciting, and readable. The book's systematic approach builds on what I've learned through coauthoring close to 100 research papers with students. You'll learn how to outline your paper from top to down, how to develop your story, and how to think about what to write before you write it. You'll also learn how to deal with many issues that writers of science commonly face, from the fear of the blank page to dealing with critical reviews. Here's what you get: * A complete step-by-step plan for writing a scientific paper, from choosing which results to include to wrapping up the paper in the Discussion section * Concrete, actionable, and practical advice, from a paragraph-level template for the Introduction to guidance on preparing plots and figures * Lots of writing