Write down the main idea or argument of your paragraph with your pencil and paper. Put this idea or argument into a single topic sentence. For example, if you plan to write about the local deer and their loss of habitat due to urbanization, you might write, "Due to increasing urban development, the deer in the University Place neighborhood are losing their habitat." Write this topic sentence on a new piece of paper.
Brainstorm a few specific side effects or results of the situation you have presented in your topic sentence. On your first scrap piece of paper, write down five or six of these. For the example of deer losing their home, you might write, "automobile accidents/killings, eating gardens, starvation, high level of comfort around humans, etc." Choose three of these items that relate to one another closely and logically.
Draft a sentence that incorporates these three consequences or results in a list. For the deer example, you might write, "This loss of habitat is not only upsetting for environmentalists, but it also has resulted in higher instances of roadkill, garden-grazing and starvation for the local deer population." Write this sentence on your second piece of paper so that it directly follows the topic sentence.
Brainstorm a few additional implications of the items in your list. Write these down on your scrap piece of paper. For the deer example, you might write, "roadkill leads to car accidents, disease and unrest for drivers and tourists," or "starvation leads to decreased deer populations, orphaned fawns and upheaval in the ecosystem's balance."
Craft these further implications into a sentence or two that connect logically to the previous list. For example, you might write, "While these effects might seem minor, each has broader-reaching consequences for the local human population and the environment. The roadkill instances can lead to automobile accidents and upset drivers, and the starvation can cause fawns to be orphaned and can dangerously shift the balance of the ecosystem." Write this sentence on your second piece of paper after the one containing your original list.