ABSTRACT
A great deal of time is wasted because young scientists submit papers for publication in an unacceptable form.There are many good books on the market on the preparation of scientific papers, but few specific examples as to how an unacceptable manuscript can be transformed into one acceptable by leading scientific journals. By a lucky chance (and completely legally) I was able to obtain a copy of such a manuscript with the referees' comments and a model rewritten version, from the editorial files of a leading geological journal. I pass this on in the hope that it will be of value to authors in preparing papers for publication.
