Your study is done. Now you have to write it.
The blank document is the hardest part of the whole degree. You have the data, the analysis, a supervisor who says "just write it up", and no clear idea of where to start, what goes where, or how strong a claim you are allowed to make.
Experienced authors do not write a paper top to bottom. They write it backwards, from what they found: figures and methods first, the introduction near the end, the abstract last. The Manuscript Kit teaches you that order, walks you through each move, and checks the two faults that sink revisions: an aim the paper never answers, and a claim your design cannot support.
It is built for someone capable and new. It never talks down, and it never writes your science for you.
What you walk away with
- A manuscript outline built section by section and arranged in reading order, with your reporting guideline and your write-order noted: the shape of the paper, ready to fill with prose.
- An accessible flow diagram of your study, exported as a vector figure that already carries a screen-reader description and a colour-blind-safe palette.
- The judgement to keep results and interpretation apart, to match every aim with a conclusion, and to tell an association from a cause.
How it teaches: what, why, how
Every step of every tool, and every section of the guide, gives you three things: what the move is, why it matters (a journal requirement, a defensibility point, the reader), and how to do it. You are shown the reasoning, not handed a rule. An expert can skip the explanations; a beginner can open them.
The two checks that save a revision
Most revisions fail on one of two faults. The Manuscript Builder catches both while you draft.
Check 1
An orphaned aim
The introduction promises to examine something the paper never answers. The tool pairs your aims and your conclusions and flags the one with no partner, the first thing a reviewer notices.
Check 2
An unearned claim
A causal verb ("reduced", "led to", "caused") under a design that supports only association. The tool warns you, names the honest alternative, and reminds you that over-generalising a small sample is the same error in another form.
The rule
Only what it supports
This is the discipline the whole kit rests on: record what your evidence supports, and no more.
What's inside: 6 files
- Manuscript writing guide MarkdownThe reasoning behind every section: structure and write-order, argument, aims and conclusions, the claims boundary, tenses, reporting guidelines, accessibility, each with a template, the common mistakes named, and the quantitative / qualitative split.
- Manuscript Builder HTMLThe hero tool. Offline, in any browser. Walks the write-order, shows your reporting guideline, runs the coherence and claims checks, exports a reading-order outline. Nothing you type leaves your computer.
- Flow Diagram Builder HTMLBuild your participant-flow figure (PRISMA, CONSORT, participant flow, qualitative sampling) and export an accessible SVG or high-resolution PNG, with alt text drafted from your numbers.
- Quick start PDFThe write-order, the two checks, and how to use the kit.
- Worked example PDFOne qualitative study through the five moments that most often go wrong, each shown before and after, with the reason.
- LicensePersonal license; group / facilitation license on request.
Who it's for
PhD students and clinician-researchers writing up a first or second empirical study, quantitative or qualitative. Supervisors and doctoral programmes who want one teachable path from a finished study to a submittable draft.
What it is not
- Not a guarantee of acceptance. It records what you did and checks that it holds together; it cannot make a reviewer agree.
- Not a substitute for the journal's instructions or your own judgement. Their rules and your reading of the science always win.
- Not a tool that writes your science, and not a certificate of quality. It teaches the moves and checks coherence; the claims, and their limits, are yours.
Format & updates
Two builders are single HTML files that open in any browser, online or offline. The guide is Markdown (Word, Notion, Obsidian); the quick start and worked example are PDFs. Version 1.0. Buyers get all 1.x updates free, including the quantitative worked example.
Guarantee
If it does not give you a clearer path from a finished study to a submittable draft, email within 14 days for a refund. Personal license; facilitation license on request.
Get the Manuscript Kit
6 files, two local-first tools, all 1.x updates free. €49 launch price (regular €79). Instant download after checkout.
Questions
Is it for quantitative or qualitative work?
Both. You pick your paradigm and design at the start, and the tools and guide show the right prompts, the right reporting guideline (CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA for quantitative; COREQ, SRQR for qualitative), and the conventions that differ. The worked example is qualitative; a quantitative one is coming as a free update.
Does it write the paper for me?
No. It gives you the order, the moves, and the checks, and it builds your outline and your figure. You write the science. It will not invent a result, a citation, or a claim you did not make.
Will it work with my tools?
The two builders are single HTML files that open in any browser, online or offline. The guide is Markdown (Word, Notion, Obsidian). The quick start and worked example are PDFs.
Is it tied to medicine?
No. The method is field-neutral. The worked example is clinical because that is the author's field, but the guide, the builders, and the checks are general.
Can I use it to teach or supervise?
The personal license is for your own manuscripts. For a writing course, a thesis boot camp, or a supervision group, ask about the facilitation license at hello@vahtian.com.