Just the Facts

I begin each paper by finding a topic that interests me so that I will be excited to write about it, and others will not bored reading about it. After I have found a topic, the research stage of my writing begins. I generally look to find all possible viewpoints of the topic I have chosen. I go into my research with my own point of view on the topic, but I always try to challenge that view with the resources I find. I pick out the facts and arrange them in a logical order and group those facts into paragraphs. The facts are used as the structure of my paper and then I review and add my own thoughts. Basing my paper on fact makes for a strong argument, but I find that when I use facts my paper becomes dry and emotionally unconvincing. I asked my roommate how he starts a paper and he said, “I usually find a topic that everyone disagrees on because there is a lot to write about and my reader never gets bored because he usually has his own view.”