Nostalgia is healthy but time rolls on…

Somehow my rolling back the years serve to remind me that writing a paper is like having a healthy (i.e. productive/useful/meaningful/novel etc and FUN!) verbal exchanges of ideas/thoughts/views except in written form.

So what else is there to consider when it comes to writing a paper especially a research paper for specific audience?

I am sure there are many ways to skin a cat – not nice to a cat – as some would let you believe!
So how not to skin a cat but still able to write my ideas (or stuff!) that I see fit or worthy of others attention. This is assuming one write a research paper because you want others to read about your ideas or stuff.

This paper – How (and How Not) to Write a Good Design Paper – makes sense to me so must be ‘good’ paper to me. Now, do I consider form and/or structure first or just follow my own inner voices?

A freemind map listing the key points extracted from the paper.