Essay Process

A high school English class of students will go through writing 4 to 12 papers in their class a year. These papers can be put off, or they can be thought of as just another task in one's day. The task has to be done sometime, and if it is thought of as a process done in several steps it will come easier for a writer. Research papers are one of the worst papers one can be required to write, especially when the student has a job, relationship, and other homework on top of that. Research paper writing can be broken into steps that will walk a person through the task, and the paper can be finished in no time. The following process will allow anyone lacking some research talent to write a paper that is an educated, well thought out piece of work.

The first step in the process involves determining your purpose. The thought of what the writer is trying to achieve by writing this paper is the purpose. With a purpose in mind, a question will need to be brainstormed. This question will serve as a way to make one's research original and focused towards a centered topic. The first step is the building block for the rest of the research paper, and if one's greatest work is not put into the starting point then the whole paper will only go downhill from there.

Continuing after the purpose of your paper, one will need to list seven to ten questions one thinks will need to be answered in order to be complete and thorough in writing the required research paper. In a normal 3 page requirement, one will need to count on those seven to ten questions as sub topics for paragraphs containing about five to eight sentences each. These questions need to be well thought out and detailed so that sources of information can be chosen at a later time. These questions which will be the bases for the body paragraphs and the body paragraphs in a paper are extremely important. Once one has these well thought out questions prepared and written down on a piece of paper one can move on.

Following step two, a writer will need to drive to a public library or a school library. A librarian will be a great "tool" to use in one's quest to find sources of information to back up all your ideas. Proof of everything that is stated in one's research paper must exist. Since librarians are at a library to help students one will need to discuss your topic with an educated librarian, and they will help you along this path. The sources of information need to come from a variety of sources. All internet sources will not work, neither will all database sources. A variety of sources is a key to success. Some examples of sources are interviews, books, magazines, pamphlets, newspapers, electronic databases, and even the internet. When you find your sources one is going to use you will need to check out the material, or if that is not an option a photocopy of the information is required. One will need to have these sources in their hands during the next process.

Writers must now make sense of the information they have in their hands. With all the different sources it may seem difficult, but