This document outlines the four steps for writing a research paper: brainstorming, pre-writing, writing a rough draft and editing it, and producing a final copy. It provides photos and captions to illustrate each step of the writing process, and recommends taking time to brainstorm ideas, outline important facts in the pre-writing stage, draft and edit the paper, and then produce a final polished copy. It also lists the Flickr resources for the photos used.