Writing the Essay

With most, if not all, your research done, sources annotated, ideas organized in an outline, it is time to write.

But keep in mind that writing is a recursive process. This means that it feeds back upon itself in a loop.

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It goes around like a wheel, two parallel wheels, actually, from research and outlining to writing, to more research, to revising the outline, to more writing/revising, back to research, as often as needed, until you pull the cart to its destination.

To extend the metaphor, without research, one wheel will be dragging instead of turning; the same is true of too much research without enough writing. You'll go farther with both wheels turning than with just the one.