#### [[How to write a scholarly abstract]] --- Along those lines, and when I’m writing abstracts, I typically follow this six-sentence formula that outlines the rest of the paper: - Sentence 1: What we know Sentence - 2: What we don’t know Sentence - 3: How you answer that question Sentence - 4: What you found Sentence - 5: What you conclude from those findings Sentence - 6: Why those conclusions are important ([Location 3389](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0859PDXVX&location=3389)) --- Tags: Reference: Related: