A good plan will enable you to pay attention to the assignment and avoid the last minute rush as the deadline approaches. The plan allows you to set aside enough time for each activity that must be undertaken to produce a quality paper. Immediately the assignment is issued, reorganize your diary to accommodate the work. Allocate time to research on the topic, consult your teacher, classmates, friends, relative, etc, draft the paper and complete your work before the stipulated deadline. Further, ensure that you gather all the resources needed to complete the work. In case they are not available in your immediate environment, make plans to have the books or resources ferried in good time to enable you complete the paper before the submission deadline. Your plan should also make provision for emergencies.
Your choice of topic for a term paper will make your writing process easier or challenging. The topic chosen should meet particular qualities including:
this means words that clearly define the issues to be covered in your paper and those to be excluded. It should be narrow enough to allow detailed coverage of the subject yet wide enough to prevent one sided or inconclusive research.
choose a topic that is within your area of study. Such a topic should also resonate with the current social setup in such a way that it provides a solution to an existing problem.
your topic should be new and refreshing to the minds of readers. As such, avoid topics that have been studied on numerous occasions.
It is important to read widely in order to deepen your understanding of the topic you are handling. There are books and resources listed in your course outline. Such materials will provide the best direction on any topic in that course. You should also visit the library to gather more materials on the subject.
Reading further gives you a new perspective and a fresh approach to the subject. These new ideas will make your paper captivating.
Take the earliest opportunity to draft the paper. Create an outline based on the points you have already gathered. There are outline samples available from the library, internet or from your tutor. The outline should capture points as they will appear in the actual paper
An outline gives you an indication of the points that you already have. This helps you to identify the need to add, split or merge the points in order to achieve the desired effect. Draft the paper ensuring a cohesive flow from the first to the last point.
Editing helps to get rid of errors of a grammatical or typographical nature. Such errors reduce the quality of your work regardless of the strength of your arguments. You may enlist the assistance of a third party to edit the paper for you.