Style and Strategies of Writing Research Papers

Style and Strategies of Writing Research Papers

 Strategies of writing the body of a paper differ from writer to writer. In general, quality research writing develops in 3 Steps:

1.    Using both are writing paradigms and an outline is necessary to keep order because they locate main issues and subtopics.

2.    Follow Stylistic conventions with regard to technical matters and documentation gives a professional touch to your paper. Accuracy with documentation signals to the reader that you have reached their subject and given proper credit to other scholars.

3.    Revising and re-reading the first draft carefully are important for clarity and accuracy.

These steps illustrated in the following stages:

Prewriting: In this is stage you choose a topic, narrow it, and move toward taking a stand- your thesis. You also gather information for support father prepare a working outline.

Writing: Using your working outline and your note cards as the keys, write a quick rough draft of your paper, without worrying about how well you write. You need to focus on the overall logic of your paper-fitting ideas and support together. The outline helps you identify gaps and your paper.

Rewriting:  It is the extra work that perfects the paper; without it, it all the earlier work suffers. In this stage you revise your draft, carefully reshaping and refining what you created in rough for during the writing the stage. Here you focus on finding the right words and perfecting the spelling and grammar. You also should concentrate on how sentences and paragraphs fit together. You have to read your paper at least once from start to finish.

 References:

Atallah, Dhuha. (2011). A Course in Library and Research Work. College of Basic Education/ Al-Mustansiriah University.