introduction-writer

Introduction Writer

Purpose

Draft or revise an introduction that turns the paper strategy into a persuasive, fair, and evidence-backed story. The introduction should make reviewers understand why the problem matters, what gap remains, what the paper contributes, and how the paper proves it.

When To Use

• Writing the first Introduction.
• Revising a rejected paper's framing.
• Aligning Introduction claims with experiments.
• Shortening or sharpening a long motivation section.

Inputs

Required:

• paper thesis;
• target venue and paper type;
• contribution map;
• available results and figures;
• related-work summary;
• known limitations.

Optional:

• current Introduction;
• novelty-scout report;
• claim-evidence matrix;
• target page budget.

Recommended Paragraph Roles

1. Problem anchor. Start with the concrete task, setting, or failure mode. Avoid generic "X is important" openings.

2. Why existing approaches are insufficient. Describe the gap fairly and specifically. Do not attack prior work without evidence.

3. Key insight. State the mechanism or observation that makes the proposed approach plausible.

4. Approach overview. Explain what the paper does at a high level without implementation overload.

5. Evidence preview. Preview datasets, experiments, theory, systems evaluation, or clinical validation.

6. Contributions. List 2-4 testable contributions, each tied to later evidence.

Procedure

1. Identify all promises made by the current introduction.
2. Remove promises not supported by the paper.
3. Reorder paragraphs so motivation leads to gap, gap leads to insight, insight leads to evidence.
4. Make contribution bullets falsifiable.
5. Check that each contribution appears later in method/results/discussion.
6. Move detailed literature taxonomy to Related Work unless it is necessary for motivation.
7. Produce a patch plan instead of a blind rewrite when source text is provided.

Rubric

Dimension	Strong	Weak
Opening	Concrete problem and stakes	Generic field overview
Gap	Specific and fair	Vague "existing methods fail"
Insight	Explains why the method should work	Only names the method
Contributions	Testable and evidence-linked	Marketing or implementation list
Flow	Each paragraph earns the next	Disconnected background blocks
Scope	Clear assumptions and limits	Overclaims broad impact