This feels like good advice not just for writing a paper but for reading one as well. Explicitly thinking about the structure of a paper certainly helps me get through it. And if something is missing--say, good examples--I know to look elsewhere for them before continuing.
Sometimes, finding a slide deck the author of the paper used is more useful than the paper itself just because they have more room for examples! I've found this particularly true for very dense theory papers where I only half-understand the relevant mathematics.
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This feels like good advice not just for writing a paper but for reading one as well. Explicitly thinking about the structure of a paper certainly helps me get through it. And if something is missing--say, good examples--I know to look elsewhere for them before continuing.
Sometimes, finding a slide deck the author of the paper used is more useful than the paper itself just because they have more room for examples! I've found this particularly true for very dense theory papers where I only half-understand the relevant mathematics.