Sometimes when we're facing a big project with lots of components, or a long research paper with many details, we have trouble getting started. There are two basic reasons why we might have trouble writing the first words:
- The thought of organizing all that research and doing all that writing can be so intimdating that we avoid it altogether.
- There is so much to talk about that we don't know where to start.
Either of these problems can be overcome with a simple solution: just jump in somewhere. You don't have to start with a beginning!
Some students think that they have to start writing a paper at the introduction. In fact, you can start writing at any point. If there is some component of your research paper that you find most interesting, just write that part first.
No matter what type of project you're working on, if you're having trouble, just try to zone in on one part and jump right in. You will find it easy to organize all the paragraphs later. Just start somewhere!
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