jms-writing-style
Use when prose and structure are the bottleneck for a Journal of Management Studies (JMS) manuscript — landing the abstract and intro, sustaining a theory-forward narrative, and meeting house conventions (Harvard refs, UK/US English, 200-word abstract). Polishes the writing; it does not invent the contribution (jms-contribution-framing) or run the analysis.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jms-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 (jms-writing-style) ## When to trigger - The introduction takes three pages to reach the point - The abstract describes activity ("we examine…") instead of stating the contribution - The prose is jargon-dense, hedged, or reads like a methods report rather than an argument - A reviewer says "I had to dig for the contribution" or "the writing obscures the idea" - House conventions (Harvard referencing, abstract length, UK/US English consistency) are unmet ## The JMS voice JMS prose is **theory-forward and argumentative** — every section advances the contribution, and the reader is told *why this matters* early and often. It is scholarly but not opaque: the journal's international readership rewards clarity over field-insider shorthand. Write the paper around the claim, not around the chronology of what you did. Do this section by section. ## Section-by-section moves - **Title**: signal the phenomenon *and* the theoretical angle; avoid a method-only title. - **Abstract (≤200 words)**: phenomenon → tension → what you did → what you found → what it contributes. State the contribution in the abstract, not just the activity. Provide **4–6 keywords in alphabetical order** (
- When to trigger
- The JMS voice
- Section-by-section moves
- House conventions to enforce
- Prose discipline
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the jms-writing-style skill do?
Use when prose and structure are the bottleneck for a Journal of Management Studies (JMS) manuscript — landing the abstract and intro, sustaining a theory-forward narrative, and meeting house conventions (Harvard refs, UK/US English, 200-word abstract). Polishes the writing; it does not invent the contribution (jms-contribution-framing) or run the analysis.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jms-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.