Dos and Don’ts
Dos:
The organic post it method worked very well with me. It made it a hundred times easier for me to organize my thoughts.
Be specific.
Decide how to end your paper at the start.
Choose a topic that can be supported with academic journals or books.
Don’ts
Don’t start without narrowing down your time at first.
Don’t start interviewing people without knowing as much as possible about what you’re writing about.
Don’t look into too many directions when writing your paper.
Post its: What works for me?
You are not attached to the structure, when the post its can be moved around so easily, and seen under different sections.
My ideas didn’t need to be connected yet eventually it all came together.
Seeing the post its in front of me I could visually see my essay structure, which helped a lot.
You don’t need to worry about where a thought belongs until the final post it paper structure comes to shape.