4.- Writing a draft.
Elaborate a first writing attempt.

6.- Final drafting.
After a last revision, you can elaborate the final text. I still recommend a last revision after putting a temporary distance; that is to say, it is convenient to leave the final text aside for a certain time -depending on the urgency of presenting it-, and then make another revision before finishing it.

1.- Selection of the topic.

It can be a topic that you have been asked to develop... If not, choose to write about a subject of your interest.

2.- Search for information.

To report a fact, the eight questions technique is very effective: Ask yourself the following questions and answer them:

1.Determine what the main idea or theme is.
2.Order the other ideas according to their importance, from most to least.
3.Express each idea with clear statements.
4.Organize the text.

It serves to improve the text as a whole. It affects long text fragments, main ideas and structure. New ideas may emerge. The change of a term or word can motivate to redo the structure of a whole sentence or paragraph.