Or read here:

Some notes for writing substantial articles:

• An article should be organized around a clearly defined theme or subject.
• Make your title and abstract meaningful as they include important keywords.
• Make a detailed outline which sets out the sequence of the exploration or argumentation. Re-write the outline.
• An article should function as a whole. It should have thematic unity and an integrated structure.
• Write with your readers in mind. Be clear and explicit so that they can follow your argument. Be concise and yet complete.
• All technical terms that may not be clear to the reader should be clearly explained.
• Revise, rewrite and proofread.
• Authors who speak English as a second language are encouraged to seek the assistance of a colleague experienced in writing in English.
• If you use a computer, save your files often and make multiple backup copies.
• Take your time. It can be useful to put a draft aside for some weeks in order to look at it again with a fresh mind, and to repeat this process.

Authors are encouraged to use nonsexist language. For the use of gender-neutral language please see
www.oup.com/us/samplechapters/0841234620/?view=usa

This author guide at The Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf contains useful general information on writing in general: www.rid.org/AuthorGuide03.pdf

General points on how to write an article see advice in Student British Medical Journal.

On starting to write and being creative with the process see Allen & Unwin's Why Write?

What is good writing on the Technique? Examples of authors on well-written articles on the Technique are Wilfred Barlow (see for example his More Talk of Alexander), Frank P. Jones (see for example his Collected Papers), and Walter Carrington (see for example his booklets published in the 1960s and 1970s). All of these are in print.

Elements of the house style

Do not use spaces or tabs to indent paragraphs, center text, or justify text. All text should be left-aligned, unjustified so the right margins remain uneven. Do not use word underline or uppercase: use italics instead for emphasis or titles.

Headings and subheadings shall be used to divide a longer manuscript into sections. Each heading should be as concise as possible and should inform the reader of the nature of the information to be presented in the sections or paragraphs that follow. The following three sections, where applicable, should appear at the end (in the following order):

Appendices: Essentially a footnote too long for the article, i.e. supplementary or background information that is crucial to the understanding of the paper but would otherwise disturb the continuity of the text.

Acknowledgments: Special help from individuals and/or organisations may be recognized in the acknowledgments section.

References: References consulted in preparing a paper shall be cited in a reference list at the end of the paper.

All specialised knowledge: Anything that cannot be considered “common knowledge” in the field in which you are writing should be documented. Sources of data referred to must be cited.

Headings and subheadings should not end with a full stop. The manuscript should be formatted in double spacing and the lines should not be numbered.

English spelling is used throughout. A house-style will be applied to your submission to ensure uniformity. It is not possible to list them all here, but you may want to note the following:

Dates should be written as follows: 5th August 1966. Numbers from one to twelve should be written out in full: figures should be used for numbers above twelve.

Quotations of approximately less than fifty words should be incorporated into the body of your text. Please place closing punctuation marks inside the quoted material, e.g.,

As Dewey puts it, presupposes a “revolution in thought and action.”

Quotations of longer than fifty words should be set as block indented quotations separated by one line space above and below the block quotation.

Please spell out acronyms the first time they are used and provide the acronym in parentheses directly after. For subsequent references use the acronym only, e.g.,

The Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (STAT)

thereafter, use STAT only.

References should be cited in the text by Arabic numerals in brackets and listed at the end of the paper in consecutive order. Use full titles of journals and papers, not abbreviations.

1. Book, single author
Westfeldt, Lulie, F. Matthias Alexander - The man and his work, Allan and Unwin, 1964, London.

If the author is an institution or government list accordingly - STAT, Compentencies for Teaching the Alexander Technique Draft IVa: STAT, 2003, London.

2. Book or article, more than one author
Only the name of the first author is reversed

Carrington, Walter, and Seán Carey, Explaining the Alexander Technique: Mouritz, 2004, London.

3. Translated works
Add translator and original title in the reference.

4. Reprints of older works
Where known, list the original publication date in brackets as well as the date of the reprint.

Alexander, F. Matthias, The Use of the Self: Gollancz, 1985 (1932), London.

5. City and place of publication
If a book was published in some little known city or town - Upper Beeding, West Sussex, or Weed, California, for example - then note the place (e.g. county, state), as well as the town or city, of publication. Also specify place in cases where a town may be mistaken for another – Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Cambridge, England, for example.

6. Chapter or article in book
Curtis, Fr Geoffrey “The Alexander principle and some spiriritual disciplines” in Wilfred Barlow, ed. More Talk of Alexander: Gollanzc, 1978, London, pp. 154-164.

Notice that an article in a book or journal has quotation marks. Also, note that the name of an editor, when not in the author position, is not inverted.

7. Personal communication
Any personal communication used by the author (personal interviews, letters, emails, , telephone conversations etc.) must have the interviewee’s knowledge/permission. Reference is necessary for such information.

Jones, Frank Pierce, personal communication: lesson, May 17, 1972.

8. Journals
Provide both volume and issue number in the reference.