First you can grab low-hanging fruit. It's always worth checking if you can identify any subtopic, key point, or end result which deserves an entire section.

If you don't have any of these or if you only have one, then you can start to be more systematic to turn your takeaways into groups that can be used to form your sections.

There are 3 main ways to group takeaways:

  1. Grouped by theme
  2. Grouped by angle (harder if you don't have a lot of specific knowledge about your thesis or theme for this article)
  3. Grouped by results

Aim for 3-4 sections (not an absolute rule) to make the content not to shallow or too long for the reader to consume. Is good to have a mix of different types of sections because this is what makes the content interesting and dynamic.

Example from Anne-Laure's article "Thinking in maps: from the Lascaux caves to modern knowledge graphs"

Example from Anne-Laure's article "Thinking in maps: from the Lascaux caves to modern knowledge graphs"

Outcome: group your ideas into 3-4 sections. Identify potential themes, angles, and results to create your draft sections.

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Note: Orphan are takeaways that turns out to be out of scope. Don't force them to stay in the article or contextualize more with a new section if you really want to include them in the final article.