Step 11: Write the first draft of the essay

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By now, you will have prepared:

  1. Your thesis (use final ‘refined’ version of thesis in Step 9)
  2. Your draft introduction
  3. Your topic sentences
  4. The key ideas and evidence to use in each paragraph

Note that you can start writing any of the body paragraphs first, depending upon wherever you feel most confident to begin. Your first draft will grow a bit here and a bit there.