You're decide on an idea for an essay you've been assigned to write what should you do next

You should make an outline of your essay, so that your essay has structure:

For Example ...

Body Paragraphs:

1) Topic Sentence

2) Concrete Detail (fact)

3) Commentary (How the concrete detail supports your Topic sentence and ultimately your overall thesis for the essay)

4) Another Concrete Detail

5) More commentary

6) A concluding sentence that wraps up how the paragraph relates to the thesis