If the article is to be ‘blind’ reviewed (when journal editors / reviewers will not know who the author is) then put author notes here, on the title/author page of the manuscript (p.1). Note that this title page is the only place where the Author’s name appears. This allows the Author’s name to be easily removed before giving the manuscript to ‘blind’ reviewers.
   However, APA (1994) format also includes Author Notes on a page immediately following the Reference List (see p. 14 below). Check individual journals for their preferences. It is important since it depends on their process for reviewing article submissions. When in doubt, just put them here on the title page.
   Author notes can be in a single paragraph or in several short paragraphs (as here, but not this long!!), and should include information such as the Authors professional affiliations, acknowledgements for support and collaborations from people and from institutions; if this article was part of a degree program; authors affiliation, and an address for reprints (or any other networking contact). Include e-mail address. See Author Notes (p. 14, below) for an example.

This ‘article’ is intended to provide an easy-to-use prototype format for a journal submission. The general format followed here adheres closely to that of the American Psychological Association (APA 1994) which is used by a large number of journals in psychological and social sciences. This prototype can be freely copied and used as a fill-it-in template for formatting articles submitted for publication in journals or other media. Follow the content and the style of this prototype (eg. CAPITALISATION, line spacing, paragraph indentations, etc.). Note that this ‘Abstract’ is written in one single block paragraph, with no indentation at the beginning. A maximum of 150 words is recommended by APA (1984, p. ) where they explain that “An abstract that is accurate, succinct, quickly comprehensible, and informative will increase the audience and the future retrievability of your article”. With this in mind, write the abstract like the entire article in miniature and be sure to use all key terms, proper names of key people or places, well known theories, areas of study and application, which will later serve in data-base searches for the article. Note that the Author’s name only appears on the title / author page, on all other pages the manuscript is identified only by the ‘Running Head’ (top right corner of page) which was identified on the title / author page as a shortened abbreviated title of the article.
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   The title is restated here on p. 3. This beginning paragraph is implicitly an introduction, and so does not need to be labelled or to have a heading (APA 1983, p. 66). However, it is important to use a clear system of ‘headings’ to help organise the article.
   It should be kept in mind to check ‘Instructions to authors’ for each individual journal which you plan to submit to. This will probably have individual variations on how to format your article. However, don’t be over concerned if your article is not perfect format, if the editor of the journal wants your article they will give you the necessary proof-reading for you to revise it appropriately for re-submission.

Size of Margins
   Essentially, a large margin must be given in a manuscript submission to leave room for editors go give their comments and proof-reading marks. APA (1983, p. 137) specifies to “Leave uniform margins of 1 1/2 in. (4 cm) at the top, bottom, right, and left of every page”.






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Five Levels of Headings
   Five levels of headings are prescribed (APA 1983, p. 66). Depending on the complexity of the article, different numbers of levels may be required. Each ‘heading’ will function as a title or sub-title for the major sections and sub-sections of the article. Each heading ‘level’ is distinguished by a particular format (capitalisation, underlining, centring etc.) to distinguish it within the text.
Guide to Headings in a Table
   A general guide is prescribed in Table 1. Notice here that the proper format for tables is being included. Capitalise ‘Table’ whenever it refers to a specific example (look to the end of this manuscript to find ‘Table 1’ which is on a separate page to be inserted here when this article is published).





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   Hopefully this mock article can be of some use to other Authors who need a simple-to-follow format with which to organise their articles submitted for publication.

   This is the highest heading, and would probably only be used for extremely long and complicated articles with several different sections and categories. APA (1994) does not use numbered headings (1, 2, 3, etc.), but just lists them in proper levels.

   Most articles would probably begin with this, 2nd highest, level. Notice there are not any extra line spaces above or below the heading. There is text on very line, no lines are left blank.

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   There does not need to be any text between the heading titles, and in this case between the 3rd highest, and 4th highest headings there is no text so that the next heading just flows on directly. There might be a few sub-sections within this heading.
   Indented lowercase letters also underlined and end in a period. In the case of this, lowest level heading, just start the text immediately following the heading.
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This level-3 heading moves on (supposedly) to a new higher-order section of the article. For this example article, we can include two bits on citations of authors.
Day/Date System
The simplest format for giving citations to authors is the ‘day / date’ or ____???____ method. When the journal or conference etc. requests variations, it is a simple matter to just get copies of their examples and change this format to suit that particular case. However, generally, this is a widely-used and very flexible format.




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   In this prototype article, there is an extra line above this new higher-order heading. In APA (1994) example, they do not allow this extra line. However, in the case here, the high-level heading looks too insignificant when it is placed directly under the text above. It seems to require this extra line. If it seems like the article needs a deviation from the standard, then do it, since ultimately, it is on the content of the article which it will depend. Small issues of ‘format’ can always be adjusted later and are not worth excessive concern.



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   This is a work in progress, and it is yet to be seen if it will have practical useful appeal. Alone, it is just a bunch of words, the same information can also be found elsewhere. Only when coupled with action does theory have anything to do with reality.

American Psychological Association (APA). (1983). Publication
   manual of the American Psychological Association (2nd
   revised edition). Washington DC: American Psychological
   Association.
APA guide specifies that References should always begin at the
   top of a new page.
And Use this indentation layout, with all lines double spaced
   (for easy proof-reader marking) and references listed in
   alphabetical order.
Format for References can be found in the “BIBLIOGRAPHIC
   FORMAT” ( bibliographic_format.html ).
Notice the difference between a Reference List (where all works
   have been cited in the article) and a Bibliography (where
   works might not have been cited in the article - but just
   contribute to its development).
APA style uses a reference list. If something is important enough
   to include in your list of literature, then it is also important
   enough to at least mention in the text of the article.
American Psychological Association (APA). (1994). Publication
   manual of the American Psychological Association (???
   revised edition). Washington DC: American Psychological
   Association. (Reprinted 1999)
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   Labanotation “direction symbols” are based on three horizontal planes and can be visualised as part of a cube (Laban 1966, 10-17; Preston-Dunlop 1969, 26-31; Hutchinson 1970, 24-26) (Fig. 9).

   In this example appendix it can be seen that it can be written just like the main body of the text, including references and figures.

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   Start each new appendix on a separate page (APA, 1983, p. 145). Use capital letters, A, B, C, etc. to designate each appendix (not I, II, III or any other numbering)
   If there is only one appendix, then the ‘A’ or ‘B’ is not necessary, just label it ‘Appendix’.

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                                   Prototype Format p. 14

   These author notes might go here (APA 1994) or they might be placed on the title / author page (see p. 1) so that it can easily be removed for ‘blind’ reviewers of the article.
  However, APA (1994) format also includes Author Notes on a page following the Reference List. Check individual journals for details on their preferences for Author Notes.
   Author notes can be in a single paragraph or in several short paragraphs (as here, but not this long!!) (see p. 1 for more description).
   Jeffrey Scott Longstaff currently advises research degrees in areas of Laban Analyses, and is resident musician at Laban Centre London. This article was part of a Ph.D. research program at Laban Centre London, City University of London.
   Thanks to the staff and students at Laban Centre London for providing an inspiration to write this article, and then to participants of the ICKL 2001 conference (Ohio State University) for providing the final motivation to see this through. Requests for reprints should be sent to Dr. Jeffrey Scott Longstaff, LABAN Creekside, London SE8, United Kingdom. < j.longstaff@laban.co.uk >

   1 In APA (1983, p. 153) each footnote is in paragraph form, with a superscript number to begin each note.
   2 Footnotes are used in this format to add more detailed discussion, but which is extra to the main focus of the article (rather than as the place to put full bibliographic information) (APA, 1983, pp. 105, 145, 153).
   3 Author / date referencing (Author, 1996) can be continued to be used in the notes, just as it was in the main body of the article.
   4 If a footnote is large, it might be an option to put it as an appendix.

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Level 2:

Level 3:

Level 4:

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Level 5 (lowest level):

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