Write more convincing and coherent journal articles in less time + with less doubts

Simplify and speed up the paper drafting and writing process with the Article Design Canvas…

Starting, drafting, and writing papers for academic journals is a complex, challenging, and time consuming process

If you are new to writing academic journals articles, or want to speed up the process from idea-to-draft-to-submittable manuscript, you have probably experienced some of these scenarios and feelings…

  • Starting a paper is easy but you seem to waste time turning it into a complete draft

  • You know how to write articles and have already published but you want to speed up the paper writing process

  • You can write the individual sections of a paper but find it more challenging to connect them together coherently

  • You lack confidence or you are new to academic research and writing

  • You feel overwhelmed by the complexity and amount of information to include in the multiple sections of your paper

  • You want to get from initial idea, to draft, and then to full manuscript, in less time and with less doubts

  • You get easily distracted or sidetracked so a structured and focused approach to paper drafting and writing would be helpful to you

  • You would benefit from a simple visual approach to building a coherent storyline for all your papers

Answer targeted questions. Ensure your focus is on writing relevant and essential content for your paper

Stop Procrastinating

Go from initial idea to first draft in a single working session. Add details and structure to your paper, click save, and plan which areas to develop next

Eliminate Wasted Time

Avoid Disjointed Papers

Bring together all your important ideas, evidence, arguments, and decisions side-by-side on a single page

Increase Conherence

Review connections between the canvas building blocks to increase coherence between the pages, sections, and subsections of your manuscript

Communicate Succinctly

Limited space and targeted questions force you to get straight to the point with clear statements to communicate your research

Help Reviewers Read

Help reviewers more easily navigate your paper by using the canvas to signpost important points and the sequence of ideas and arguments

Frequently Asked Questions

  • If you are still at the ideation stage or have just begun the writing process, the canvas will help you to quickly focus on developing important parts of your paper.

  • You can quickly cut and paste content from the section of your paper into the canvas building blocks. By capturing a comprehensive summary of your paper on a single page, you’ll save time by

  • You can continue to write in a more open and flexible format. Use the canvas to help you identify and organise key ideas and important points in your writing.

  • The spaces help you to focus on the most important ideas, and force you to communicate succinctly. Just like an abstract, there is no space for unfocused or irrelevant points. Unlike an abstract, the canvas allows you to capture a comprehensive overview of your paper

  • Yes. Cut and paste content from your draft or full paper to help you remove inconsistencies or repetition, and to improve connections and flow between sections.

  • You can update your canvas after making substantial progress or major changes to you paper. Use the canvas to help you ensure consistency and flow between the evolving ideas and arguments in your main document

  • You can use the canvas to quickly summarise the changes you need to make in your paper. You can also see how each change might impact another part or aspect of your paper. Save, print, and revise the canvas to check changes before resubmitting your revised paper