{"id":46605,"date":"2026-05-13T10:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T04:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/?post_type=video&#038;p=46605"},"modified":"2026-05-01T05:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:58:46","slug":"how-to-write-the-first-draft-of-a-research-paper","status":"publish","type":"video","link":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/how-to-write-the-first-draft-of-a-research-paper","title":{"rendered":"How to Write\u00a0the First Draft of a Research Paper\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Writing the first draft of a research manuscript can be overwhelming&nbsp;to&nbsp;new researchers. What if there were simple, manageable steps in place? In this video,&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Monika&nbsp;Sobocan&nbsp;<\/strong>guides&nbsp;you&nbsp;on how to move from ideas to a complete research paper without getting stuck&nbsp;in the process of perfecting&nbsp;the paper.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember: the first draft is about&nbsp;consolidating&nbsp;data&nbsp;and not correcting mistakes. Here are three simple steps to get you started off:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gather all the data&nbsp;required&nbsp;for your research&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create an early draft with tables and figures&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Write everything down even if it feels messy or incomplete&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>DO NOT focus on grammar, spelling, and formatting&nbsp;at this stage of writing.&nbsp;Simply focus on writing in your own scientific voice, like you would speak at a conference,&nbsp;to&nbsp;make your academic writing more natural and easier for your research community to follow.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Worrying about\u00a0editing\u00a0and proofreading\u00a0at such\u00a0early\u00a0stages\u00a0can slow you down.\u00a0Always\u00a0separate\u00a0writing from editing\u00a0to\u00a0stay productive.\u00a0In fact, once you have your research manuscript ready, let experts and professionals take over the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/services\/english-editing?utm_source=editageinsights&amp;utm_medium=article-boilerplate&amp;utm_campaign=video-blogpost-202605\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>English editing<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0for you so you can have an error-free, journal-ready manuscript for submission.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":46607,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"new_categories":[],"new_tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-46605","video","type-video","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/video\/46605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/video"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/video"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/video\/46605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"new_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/new_categories?post=46605"},{"taxonomy":"new_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/new_tags?post=46605"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.editage.com\/insights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=46605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}