7. Organization, the Hardest Part of Writing a Paper

Starting a paper can be one of the hardest things to do, since often you are trying to express how you feel in a limited amount of space or time, or even both. But with a little organization, writing should come at ease. For me, organizing or prepping for a paper has never been my strong-suit, honestly a majority of the time I go in cold. But, with a little practice outlining, or a shortened version has become my best friend. I start with figuring what my main topics are going to be, and then i decide if they could be split up into sub-topics. Then I go ahead and find the sources and quotes I want to use so I am not searching last minute. I then type out a basic staring sentence and enter my quotes in the general area they will go in. This helps me have a rough outline to writ around. Using this allows me to visualize how my paper is going to work and better organize my ideas so that they flow better. 

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  1. Rajah BarrettJuly 2, 2020 at 10:58 AM

    Organizing and prepping for my paper is the hardest part of writing for me. I like researching for my paper, but when it comes time to fully outline I just get lost. I don’t know why this is, but I have been getting better lately. I like your method of figuring out the main topics and then the sub-topics. Your paper sounds like it’s going to be amazing.

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