If the research notes are sorted to correspond with the outline headings, sections of the paper which need more material can be identified and strengthened. A good paper is not written but rewritten. On the basis of an outline, write a first draft well in advance of the date when the paper is due. The best standards of English composition should be observed not only in matters of syntax, spelling, and punctuation, but also with respect to coherence, logic, and felicity of style. Meticulous proofreading is the final step in the preparation of a paper.
Any paper violating the requirements of form invites rejection.
The heading for a thesis chapter and the first line of text for a seminar or term paper, however, should be placed two inches below the top edge of the first page of text. The paper should have a title page or cover sheet with only the title of the paper, the writer's name, the class for which it is prepared, and the date it is submitted. Number the pages consecutively four spaces below the center or right of the top edge. Clip the pages together only in the upper left-hand corner. The paper should not be an anthology of quotations.