My Advice for Writing a Scientific Research Paper

I would like to say that my first advice for someone who is writing a scientific research paper would be to perform a detailed and thorough search of information on your topic or in relation to your topic in order obtain a wealth of information. Along with the wealth of information the information that you collect would be a great tool for creating ideas for your paper. In the past ten weeks I feel that my APA formatting skills have improved tremendously. I know am very conscious and alert on properly citing all the information that I am using in my research to avoid plagiarism. On the other hand, I think that I do to improve my writing skills. It is hard for me at times to create a great paper because I tend to repeat myself over and over about my topic which can make the paper overbearing.

Although, my paper was time consuming I found it to be a great and fun learning experience for me. I could even dare say that I would love to do scientific researches on day. It is true what they say practice makes perfect. I think I will continue to practice the methods that I have obtained in this course because they are sure to help me succeed in my future courses.

The Completion of my Research Paper

In these upcoming days, I am almost done with revising and adding the finishing touches to my research paper. With the days coming to an end I am feeling very anxious and nervous all at the same time. I guess, the anxiousness would be because I want to see my finalized product after all the hard work. The nervousness would be because I am not sure if I have created a paper that will earn me an A. I am sure that I have included everything that the professor expects to find while reading my paper and I have also utilized proper citation methods so I feel that I should be alright. However, writing a great paper is always nerve wrecking. I think I have also exhausted my brain functions with all the researching methods that I have used but it will serve as a great tool in my future studies.

My ideas of writing has changed dramatically. I look at writing in a very different way now because before I was somewhat intimidated by writing however; this course has prepared me by learning, different methods of writing, many different techniques used for revising and rewording and it has more importantly showed me how to perform thorough researches about a specific title for a paper. Other topics that I would find interesting to write about would be ADHD medications, Electric shock therapy, Lupus, Chemotherapy these are some titles that I feel would be interesting.

Issues throughout the writing process

During my writing process I have come across several issues. First, issue was that I had many different ideas of what to include in my research paper however, I didn't know how to compile all the information gathered. Second issue, was getting an outline started because it was a little complicated for me knowing that the outline would be holding all the ingredients necessary to build my paper. The last issue that I have is making sure that the paper is well organized in order to not only make sense but follow the formula on my outline as well as cover all three key points within my thesis statement.

I feel that given the opportunity for us to be able to post pieces of our papers within the units discussion boards is the greatest opportunity we have of getting constructive criticism. I really enjoy reading all the comment's that my fellow classmates for several reasons. One reason, the feedback's are very beneficial to me would be that they help me be aware of the many mistakes I could be making within the paper. Another, would be that the comments can give me useful information on how to revise and make my writing more comprehensible for my readers.

Blogging for me has been a great experience. This is the first time I have ever blogged and I enjoy it very much. Blogging can helps me share my personal experiences in writing with perfect strangers or classmates that can read my blogs as well as give comments on it. This tool for me takes the place of an actual writing journal in which I can freely express my opinions as well as personal experiences not only with the process of writing but with anything that I would like to talk about. I would really like to continue blogging and I can almost be sure that I will. I enjoy it very much and it has given me an opportunity to experience a new way of communicating with others.