Do you feel empty or stuck before starting you paper? My little advice for you, if you want to have a little structure before you start writing, is to make a mind-map. This is probably the only advice about writing I feel comfortable about showing you, because I have experienced my self that it works. I learned how to use a mind-map on high school. What I do is writing down my main topic in the middle of a paper, then write down key-words around the topic with lines in between. This helps me getting a better overview and to see what my text will contain. It is much easier to start a paragraph if I can look at my mind-map and pick out what looks the best.
A concept which is much alike my mind-map is to make outlines. I started practising this concept when I came here. My classmates in English represented this expression for me, and the purpose is much like the purpose of the mind-map. When making outlines, all the ideas about the topics is charted down, except this setup is more like a step-by-step or paragraph to paragraph guideline.
What is your routine before you start to write a paper? Have you tried making a mind-map before?
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