Think of your tweet before writing the paper: Screenwriting tips for ML researchers

OfirPress · x · 2026-08-23

OfirPress shares a concept from the screenwriting book Save the Cat!—designing the movie title and poster ad before writing the screenplay. He argues this applies perfectly to ML research: before writing a paper, visualize your tweet to ensure the message is clear and the goal is exciting to a broad audience. If not, it might be worth rethinking the paper's methods and goals.

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