Research a problem -- social, scientific, political, cultural, religious or academic. Choose something that you are interested in and passionate about because you will be spending a lot of time researching what others have to say about it.
Organize your statement of the problem into a three or five-sentence thesis. Make an outline of three to five arguments that expound on the problem and lead your audience toward your eventual conclusion. Support each argument with statistics and the opinion of experts on each argument.
Outline a two- or three-sentence solution to conclude your hortatory exposition.
Use your outline to write a paper, article or speech that conforms to the formatting standards and length expectations. Determine your word count for a newspaper article, time limit for a speech or page parameters for an academic assignment or journal submission. Keep your thesis statement and conclusion short -- about 20 percent of the total. Your argument should fill the rest.
Edit your paper for spelling and grammatical errors. Review it to make sure it conforms to AP, APA or MLA standards.