govern-writing-style
Use when drafting or polishing a Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions manuscript so it reads for a comparative/international public-administration and political-science audience, front-loads the contribution, and fits the caps (≤ 9,000 words excluding citations; ~150-word abstract). Tightens prose and framing; it does not invent content.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill govern-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 (govern-writing-style) A *Governance* paper must be readable by a comparativist, a public-administration scholar, and a policy researcher at once — and it must persuade them the finding teaches something about **how the state governs**, not just what happened in one administration. The recurring rejection note at this journal is "competent but parochial." This skill is about reaching that comparative/international readership and respecting the format — not about generating claims. ## When to trigger - Drafting the introduction, framing the contribution, or doing the final polish - Over the word cap and needing to cut without losing the argument - Writing the **~150-word abstract** - Aligning citations, headings, and format to the journal/Wiley guidelines before submission ## Reach the comparative/international readership 1. **Front-load the contribution.** By the end of the introduction the reader knows the question, the argument, the evidence, and why it matters for understanding governing across cases. Do not make a reader dig for the "so what." 2. **Comparative framing, not single-country parochialism.** Even a single-case paper must say what the case is a case *
- When to trigger
- Reach the comparative/international readership
- Format to the journal's guidelines
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the govern-writing-style skill do?
Use when drafting or polishing a Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions manuscript so it reads for a comparative/international public-administration and political-science audience, front-loads the contribution, and fits the caps (≤ 9,000 words excluding citations; ~150-word abstract). Tightens prose and framing; it does not invent content.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill govern-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.