This course covers two essential aspects of strong writing: paper structure (論文結構) and research content (研究內容). On paper structure, this course explains how to break down a paper's structure, and how to extract paper structure (e.g., from an award-winning paper) that can be replicated in writing your papers. On research content, this course explains basic research steps/components such that you have sufficient content in writing a research paper. If research has been done, this course teaches how to extract content from your existing research work to fill into different sections/paragraphs outlined by your paper structure. You will learn that paper/thesis writing (and research method) is mechanical. By following these steps, anyone can learn to be competent in writing quality research papers.

This course is NOT about teaching general English writing (e.g., vocabulary, spelling, grammar, etc.) Students are expected to have basic competence in English writing and reading.

This course has two parts: regular lectures and (one-on-one) writing studios. For studio sessions, you are expected to bring your research projects/ideas to write (i.e., thesis, conference, journal, etc.). This course is best suited for: (1) You want to revise and re-submit a rejected paper. You have completed most of the research work, from which you have completed almost all content to writing in a paper. (2) You want to write a new paper. You have decided on a research problem, and have done enough research (e.g., with a partial build and evaluation) from which you can extract most (e.g., over 50%) content to writing a paper. (3) You want to write a new research proposal/plan. You have identified a research problem with your advisor, you may have some proof-of-concept feasibility study, and you want to work backward, i.e., writing a research plan first and see whether this idea could lead to a good enough paper?