diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+init_paper() {
+	local raw="${1:-.}"
+	local name
+	name="$(printf '%s' "$raw" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -d '\\' | tr '[:space:]' '_')"
+	local dest="$SCRIPT_DIR/$name"
+	mkdir -p "$dest"
+	cp "$SCRIPT_DIR/ams-latex-template/doc/amsart-template.tex" "$dest/paper.tex"
+	sed -i '' "s|\\\\title{}|\\\\title{$raw}|" "$dest/paper.tex"
+	sed -i '' "s|\\\\author{}|\\\\author{Eric Bauerfeld}|" "$dest/paper.tex"
+	sed -i '' '/^%    author two information$/,/^\\thanks{}$/d' "$dest/paper.tex"
+	echo "Initialized paper.tex in $dest"
+}
+
+case "${1:-}" in
+init_paper)
+	shift
+	init_paper "$@"
+	;;
+*)
+	echo "Usage: $0 {init_paper} [dest_dir]" >&2
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac