Prepare for Submission

Run pre-submission checks and generate a submission checklist for a journal submission.

Steps

1. Render the manuscript if _manuscript/ does not exist or is stale:

   bash scripts/render.sh
   

2. Word count — Count words in the prose body of index.qmd:

   • Exclude YAML front matter, code blocks, embed shortcodes, and the References section
   • Report: total word count, and breakdown by section
   • Flag if over common limits (8,000 or 10,000 words)