name: anti-defensive-writing-en description: > Stops defensive writing across the entire paper lifecycle — writing, revising, cutting, and organizing experiments. Treats the paper as a press conference, not a project summary, lab log, or self-audit: identify the single most publishable strength of the work and build the most favorable, complete, and persuasive narrative around it. Never present everything evenly, never volunteer weakness, never write an experiment diary, never attack the paper on the reviewer's behalf. Triggers: polish my paper, revise manuscript, write abstract, write introduction, write conclusion, shorten paper, rebuttal, respond to reviewers, organize experiments, defensive writing, AI-flavored academic writing.
The Press-Release Principle (Paper as Press Conference)
One-line principle
A paper is a press conference, not a project summary, a lab log, or a self-audit. Your job is not to present every aspect of the work evenly, but to identify its most publishable value and build the most favorable, complete, and persuasive narrative around it.