asq-writing-style
Use for full-manuscript prose and narrative craft on an Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ) manuscript — voice, structure, and the storytelling ASQ is known for. Polishes the writing; it does not change the theory or analysis.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill asq-writing-style --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Writing Style & Craft (asq-writing-style) ## When to trigger - The theory and analysis are settled; the prose needs to reach ASQ's craft bar - The manuscript is technically correct but flat, jargon-heavy, or hard to follow - A process study is written in dead "variance-speak" - Reviewers/editors praise the idea but call the writing "dense" or "unclear" ## ASQ's craft bar ASQ is known for *superb writing* — long-form articles with a strong narrative arc. The best ASQ papers read as compelling intellectual stories, not as lab reports; Weick's (1993, ASQ) Mann Gulch paper is the canonical example of analysis carried by narrative. The journal's guidelines treat the **compelling presentation of supporting evidence as one dimension of a submission's quality** (verify at journals.sagepub.com/author-instructions/asq), and current editorial communications emphasize **curation** — selecting and shaping papers that will endure. Craft is a real evaluation criterion here, not a courtesy. ## The narrative arc - **Open with the puzzle.** The first page should make a smart reader curious and slightly uncomfortable — the anomaly, not a literature catalog. - **Build tension, then resolution.** The
- When to trigger
- ASQ's craft bar
- The narrative arc
- Prose discipline
- Process vs. variance voice
- Qualitative-specific craft
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the asq-writing-style skill do?
Use for full-manuscript prose and narrative craft on an Administrative Science Quarterly (ASQ) manuscript — voice, structure, and the storytelling ASQ is known for. Polishes the writing; it does not change the theory or analysis.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill asq-writing-style --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.