You've decided on an idea for an essay you've been assigned to write. what should you do next?
a. ask the reference librarian to you make a plan and prepare your outline.
b. conduct interviews, do some research, ask questions, and make a plan.
c. look up your topic in the readers' guide and use an article you find as a basis for your plan and outline.
d. plunge right in and start writing. then create your plan based on what you've written.

b. conduct interviews, do some research, ask questions, and make a plan.

Once you settle on a topic that you have to research, you will need to obtain some basic information. This is especially true if the topic you are exploring is completely new to you. Start with some basic ideas and try to conduct interviews with people who might be knowledgeable about the topic. You can also conduct some preliminary research. Once you are better acquainted with the topic, you can create a plan.

martians or other types of aliens represent a unique fear as opposed to zombies. vampires and other types of monsters.   in most sci-fi stories, aliens come from other worlds and have different or more advanced technology.   abductions and experimentation on human bodies that involve these technologies, or the use of these technologies against human beings and the use of unknown "powers", are a type of fear that's different from that of other types of monsters.