Here’s a collection of useful articles that I’ve found over the years that give good advice on writing a good abstract, mistakes to avoid, etc: Adam Machanic - Capturing Attention: Writing Great Session Descriptions Gwen Shapira - Concrete Advice for Abstract Writers Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman - Abstracts, Reviews and Conferences, Oh My! Russ Unger - Conference Proposals that Don’t Suck Martin Widlake - Tips on Submitting an Abstract to Conference Bridget Kromhout - give actionable takeaways (post photo courtesy of Calum MacAulay on https://unsplash.