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In Chap. 1, I reviewed your motivation to write, discussed how to find needed information, and enumerated the important questions that must be asked about any writing project. In Chap. 2, I discussed the blueprint for your project—the idea and structure—and the tools you will use, namely paragraphs, sentences, and words. Now let’s look at putting it all together, from page one to the end, starting with your idea and how to handle to it.

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Taylor, R.B. (2012). 3 From Page One to the End. In: Medical Writing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8234-6_3

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