Research Papers--April 4, 2014

Papers are not that “hard” to write

Are you ever in the mood of, why do i need to do this? OR Why is this even important? Well a few short tips to research papers can help you write one in a week or maybe less. Depending on whom you are with visuals or writing it out it can be very easy. I did not know some of these steps freshmen year and i wish i had because they help me now. These eight or nine very simple steps can help the paper pretty much write itself. 

1. Brainstorm a Topic for your paper. Make sure you have an interesting topic, but the topic is still relevant to what the teacher needs you to learn.
2. Create a "web graph" for visual people or a "flow chart" for non-visual people. Creating this helps you      write your paper because you are thinking of the ideas while you are writing them down in your notes.
3. Where do you start your web at? In the Middle of the web is the topic with the topic sentence. You may have your attention sentence here too.
4. Researching the web. You have got to research everything that you need here. Getting the information now can help you in the long run. get the MLA or APA citations here
5. Write your draft of your paper. This will help you get the knots and kinks out of the paper and run through the motion of going with your sources. Keeping it simple and easy.
6. Proofread the paper. 85% of people will be like "Oh, this paper is fine how it is" well...picture this you get a 45% on a paper just because you did not proof read. Then your friend, parent, or teacher proof reads it. You went from a 45% to an 80%. I will take that 80% over 45% any day of the week if I were you.
7. You are Finalized your paper got proof-read and the paper has been corrected. You may turn in your hard copy that has taken try after try, and have the sense of accomplishment.  


 A lot of the cool things that i have learned how to write a paper does not just involve writing it. You need to study the information so you know what you are writing about in the paper and make sure you actually have your facts straightened out. For instance, if you were going to 
8. talk about how President Obama won an election by a landslide, you would need to know a very in-depth information about how many people vote and who voted for what. but you also need to know the amount on money spent into driving the campaign and how it was used to an advantage or a disadvantage. Few Quick tips with writing a paper is to diffidently write it in chunks, and to not write it all at once. you do not cram a research paper in a 5 hour period. I have seen people try this and ti has failed horribly for them. Write the paper in what known as "Hour-by-Hour" increments. basically write for an hour and a half and then take a 15-20 minute break, and then write another hour and a half. Every one's brain is built differently, and in that case you need to be able to make a paper perfect.