There are many types of qualitative researches (e.g. positive qualitative research, interpretive qualitative research and grounded-theory qualitative research). Different types of qualitative research may lead to different styles of writing up research paper. For example, for positive qualitative research and interpretive research, it is better to write literature review and develop theory, which is followed by data analysis; for grounded-theory qualitative research, researchers always start writing of data, after which researchers may seek a suitable theory for explaining the observations.
Also, I found it quite useful to use more intuitive tools (e.g. maps, diagrams, headings, structure) to assist your writing. This is particularly useful for qualitative research since this type of research focuses on investigating the process of a particular phenomena, which usually the dynamic and complex development through different stages.
In terms of structure of qualitative research paper, it is a good idea to use a topic sentence in the beginning of each paragraph and a concluding sentence in the end of each paragraph. This can facilitate readers to get understanding the ideas of the research paper. Also, the flow of the whole paper and the flow between paragraphs are important. The flow can keep readers’ attentions and make the research paper logically written. Lastly, different paragraphs in the research paper should always be focusing on the research questions. This can strength the research question and enable writers to support their argument.
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