We all know how hard it can be to get motivated to write that dissertation or research paper
https://phdify.com/dissertation-editing and the reason many people are put off writing that research paper is that they just simply don’t know where to begin as it is such a huge under taking. There a though some steps you can take to make the job a little easier. I have broken it down I call it “Seven Simple Steps To Writing A Research Paper”.
Step One – Brainstorming
Even if you were given the topic or chose it yourself. You maybe given little to work with other than a page count, some sources and of course that dreaded deadline. It is good to brainstorm you topic. If you have a few ideas to start with it will give you a clearer course of how the paper will come together.
Step Two -Wider/Narrow Focusing
Once you have a broad idea of the general subject you now need to decide what and how much of the your chosen subject you need to cover. You need to resolve whether to broaden or narrow your focus.
Step Three – Research And Investigation
You now know a brief summary of how your dissertation will come together. You know what the key focus of the research paper is. It is time to “fill in” the document. Use the sources that were given to you plus other resources you have found during steps one and two and make a note of all resources. You need to remember what you use for your final research paper so document the author name, book title (paper or website), year of publication, publishing house, page number and or dates accessed.
Step Four -General Outline
You need to put down a definite plan on paper of how you expect your whole research paper should come together. You can split this into smaller steps:-
Start with a broad introduction to the topic.
List several sections that you have read about (or will read about) that are relevant to your topic.
These sections are introduction, literature review, data collection, result and discussion.
Writing this outline will help you feel more confident about being able to complete you dissertation because you will now have the direction the whole document will take.
Step Five – Put Together The First Draft
Know it is time to get down to business now your research is done. You need to put together all the notes from the resources you have used into some comprehensible document. You have enough information to write the whole paper. In this first draft you will just keep writing and not sweat too much about details at this stage of the paper.
Step Six – Analyze and Revise Then Repeat Ad Nausea m
This proceeds will take longer than step five. It is where you will slowly draw together all your information into a nearly complete document. Tidy up grammatical mistakes, spelling, wording and the flow of the words. The paper needs to be readable, clear and concise adding or subtracting information where appropriate.
Step Seven – Finally Edit Your Document
Go over you daunting research paper in minute detail to make sure there are no mistakes. Look for errors such a wrong verb tense usage, punctuation, grammar, spelling and importantly you have the proper citations.
Conclusion
If you break down your paper into my seven step program then it will be less overwhelming as each step will be one stage closer to finishing your paper. It will help you manage your time and you will have you dissertation finished in no time.
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