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jep-narrative-arc
Use when structuring a Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) article as a story/argument for a general economist reader rather than a literature survey. Builds the essay's spine (hook → tension → synthesis → takeaways); it does not handle sentence-level voice or evidence presentation.
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# Narrative Arc for JEP (jep-narrative-arc)
## When to trigger
- The draft is organized like a survey ("Section 2 reviews X, Section 3 reviews Y")
- A reader can't say what the *argument* is, only what topics are covered
- The piece has no hook and no payoff — it informs but does not move
- You have takeaways from the proposal but no through-line connecting them
## The JEP arc
A JEP article is an **essay with an argument**, not a catalog. The reliable arc for a broad economist audience:
1. **Hook** — a concrete puzzle, surprising fact, vivid example, or live debate that a non-specialist immediately feels. Open with the *question*, never with "the literature on X is large."