Fourth: "Gather your notes and organize them according to topics."
Create an outline. If you need help, look here: "How to write an outline."
It generally looks like this: Check out the "Student's Guide to Research Papers" link.
I. Introduction including the thesis statement.
II. Topic #1
A. Supporting information (Author Page #)
1. Details
2. Details
B. Supporting information (Author Page #)
III. Topic #2
A. Suppporting information (Author Page #)
B. Supporting information (Author Page #)
IV. Conclusion.
There are websites to explain the process in detail. Here are two:
1. "How to write an A Research Paper"
2. Outlining
Fifth: A. Add your parenthetical citations
B. Add your Works Cited page.
Sixth: the rough draft
Next is turning the outline into your rough draft. If you have written a good outline, writing the rough draft will be a snap! Just follow your outline and change what you wrote into complete sentences.