abstract-and-intro-writer
Abstract and Introduction Writer
The abstract and introduction are the only parts of a paper most reviewers read carefully before deciding how to score it. Write them as a pair: the abstract makes promises; the introduction keeps them.
The core failure modes
1. Claiming without grounding. "We propose a novel method that significantly outperforms..." without telling the reader what specifically is novel or what the number is. Reviewers read this as empty.
2. Motivation without gap. Two paragraphs on why the problem matters, then jumping straight to the method. The reader has no idea why existing work doesn't already solve it.
3. Contribution list that doesn't match the paper. Bullet points that list things the paper vaguely does rather than claims the experiments support. Every bullet should be checkable against a section or table.
4. Abstract that buries the result. A 200-word abstract where the result appears in the last sentence and the finding is "X improves performance." What performance, by how much, under what conditions?
5. Introduction that repeats the abstract. The introduction should extend and deepen, not summarize.