Manuscript Paint by Numbers Manuscript Paint by Numbers This tool needs JavaScript. It is a single HTML file that keeps all of your planning in your own browser, with no server and no network calls, so the checklists, the canvas, and the exports are all built in the page itself. Enable JavaScript and reload. If you cannot, the underlying method still works on paper: work through the phases in order, finishing each before the next begins. Question and contribution; literature and positioning; authorship and team; ethics, data governance and disclosures; reporting guideline and journal fit; outline and story arc; methods; results; discussion; introduction, abstract, title and keywords; references, figures and supplements; internal review and polish; submission; then peer review, revision and after acceptance. Skip to main content Manuscript Paint by Numbers Each phase of a manuscript is a numbered region that fills in as you finish the work behind it. Guided Expert Save to a file Open a saved file Export plan Print or save as PDF Export response letter Reset Manuscript details Manuscript title Target journal Manuscript type Study design Project start 0% painted