Writing Style — The ARPsych Voice (arpsych-writing-style)

When to trigger

• The framework, balance, and exhibits are settled; it is time to write (or rewrite) prose
• A draft is technically correct but reads like a grant report or a primary-paper method section
• The abstract and introduction need to be written (do these last)
• A non-specialist test reader gets lost in jargon or cannot find the argument

What the ARPsych voice is

ARPsych reviews are read across all of psychology and by adjacent fields. The register is authoritative but accessible: written by a leading expert, readable by a smart psychologist outside the subfield, and usable in a graduate seminar. The two failure poles are (1) a dense specialist treatise only insiders can parse, and (2) a chatty overview with no analytical edge. Aim between them: deep but legible.