Difficulty in Writing Research Papers
Research papers are some of the hardest papers that you will
ever have to write. This is due to the fact that in most cases
it is not your thoughts and ideas that you are trying to convey
through your writing. You have been given a topic and are asked
to research it and present your findings in the form of a paper.
This is great if you are familiar with the topic but if you are
writing a college paper or something there is a good chance that
this will be the first time that you have come across this topic
and if you have no prior experience writing research papers then
you may have a great deal of difficulty.
However there are some things that you can keep in mind when
starting to write research papers. The most important thing when
doing research papers is to ensure that you allow yourself
enough time to research and write the paper. For example, if you
were asked to write a twenty-page paper on a topic of your
choosing that you did not need to research, the recommended
amount of time is a month. So if you need to do some research
before you start writing then you should allow yourself another
month just to be safe. The bare minimum of time that you should
allow yourself is a week and you will be hard pressed to write a
good research paper in a week.
Before writing your paper you should already have in mind how
you would like to organize and present the paper. Some people
say that you should begin your paper by stating your thesis
statement, which of course is true, but there are people who
argue over when the thesis statement should be written. Some
writer's say that this is the first thing you write and others
say that it is the last. The thesis statement is the question
that you would like to answer in your paper. Sometimes people
need to write the paper before they can write the perfect thesis
statement, every writer is different.
When writing the thesis statement in research papers you should
always try to keep it simple, you do not use an enormous subject
to work with. This means that you may need to refine your topic.
The thesis statement should a specific statement that is used a
question that will be explored and answered throughout the
course of your writing.
As with all writing the introduction goes at the top or
beginning of the paper and the body follows behind and the
conclusion is at the end. How you organize your information for
each section is up to you but all information should flow
together. It is recommended that you use headings when moving
from one topic to another within the same paper. This organizes
the information for the reader. The key to writing a good paper
is organization and making clear points.