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How I Write A Paper

A little insight into my personal process.

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How I Write A Paper
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When I write a paper or an essay it has to be just right. I can’t just write a basic paper and then turn my back on it. There’s no way that I will accept anything less. I have been writing for as long as I can remember and I probably won’t ever stop. I feel, that my God, my Father, wants me to write. I feel that is His plan for my life. The title must make sense and the topic needs to be near to me. I don’t want to write a paper on something that I don’t feel strongly about.

There is a lot that goes into a paper that I write. To start off, I usually have the idea before I even start. If that idea doesn’t spark enough conversation in my head, then I will most likely think of something else to write about. I want it to be good and nothing less than that. If I get an idea and I start it, but then realize that I can’t write a full paper with it, then I will scrap the idea. I will do this if I discover that I don’t have a strong feeling for the idea. But if I feel strongly about it and I am having trouble writing the piece, I will do my best to make it work. You may ask, “But doesn’t that go against what you said earlier?” If I feel strongly enough about something, then I will see that it deserves to be written.

On occasion, I will sit down to write a paper and have nothing to write about. I deal with this by wracking my brain around for ideas. If nothing arises, then I come back to it later. There’s no point in beating myself up if I don’t have anything to write. Would you do that to yourself? I don’t think so. I might try writing the paper the same day or on another day. Once I get back to the paper, I do one of two things: either stare at a blank page or start writing. If I don’t have anything to write about I might write about whatever’s on my mind at that point or whatever I’m feeling. Then I just write.

Whatever comes out after those steps will probably be up to my expectations. I don’t want to write a half-written paper. If I ever do, it will bother me for days to come, so I try to avoid that situation. Words and writing is my passion. It’s what I’m good at and I can tell that other people see that. I’m proud of it and I want to keep getting better as the years go by. I know that I will never be perfect in my writing, but that’s my goal. So, this is what I give to you, my process that I take to write my papers. I just want everything that I write to be good. I want to make a difference with what’s written down on a thin, manufactured sheet of wood.

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