A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations, Ninth edition - Kate L. Turabian 2018

Be open to surprises
Drafting your paper
Research and writing

If you write as you go and plan your best case before you draft, you’re unlikely to be utterly surprised by how your draft develops. Even so, be open to new directions from beginning to end:

✵ ▪ When your drafting starts to head off on a tangent, go with it for a bit to see whether you’re onto something better than you planned.

✵ ▪ When reporting your evidence leads you to doubt a reason, don’t ignore that feeling. Follow it up.

✵ ▪ When the order of your reasons starts to feel awkward, experiment with new ones, even if you thought you were almost done.

✵ ▪ Even when you reach your final conclusion, you may think of a way to restate your claim more clearly and pointedly.

If you get helpful new ideas early enough before your deadline, invest the time to make the changes. It is a small price to pay for a big improvement.