| Before starting work on a research paper, two things | | | | perspective: the draft is just to help you get your |
| must be clearly formulated; firstly, one should | | | | focus right and doesn't need to be an impressive |
| possess a thesis and a questionnaire that fits the | | | | piece of work in itself, |
| subject in consideration alongside a basic outline of | | | | 3. A major problem that most students face while |
| the format of the paper on what needs to be said | | | | composing their draft is procrastination (the tendency |
| at each specific zone of the paper. | | | | to put things off for a later period). Students afraid |
| Drafting should be the least time-consuming and yet | | | | of the slowness and imperfection of their draft |
| the most important step in the composing of a | | | | usually fall prey to this tendency and depend on |
| research paper. The draft need not be of polished | | | | pressure to become their biggest motivator. |
| language and could be composed using shorthand | | | | You may read all the points in detail at: How to Write |
| writing methods or other rough measures. | | | | a Research Paper |
| It is meant to make the task at hand easier and | | | | As a result students hand in their first-draft as final |
| straightforward for the composer and need not be a | | | | papers without revision leading to inferior output. Try |
| part of the original finished output. Indeed, a draft is | | | | the following:a)Try pretending its your final |
| only intended to drive home the focal point of the | | | | exam...follow your outline and set a timer, make sure |
| paper to the writer himself, thus making the job | | | | a friend or relative watches over so that you do not |
| substantially easier. | | | | cheat the watch.b) Setting small, time bound goals |
| While finalizing the first draft, two common problems | | | | which ensure that you get this part of work done in |
| are generally faced... | | | | this amount of time: automatically the pressure factor |
| 1. You suffer from absolute clueless ness about the | | | | sets in.c)Imagining that you are required to present a |
| topic in hand (showing that you are dealing with | | | | speech on the topic at hand and need to finalize the |
| something out of your league for the moment and | | | | main points in 10 minutes... |
| much hard work is needed) or. | | | | It ultimately boils down to the creation of pressure |
| 2. Most commonly you take too long to revise and | | | | that makes one motivated to get their drafts ready |
| rework your draft... | | | | on time. |
| The solution to the second problem lies in your | | | | |