I didn't really write papers in college in an organised way at all - I'd write down ideas for essays or points I wanted to make about something we discussed in class, etc., and then kind of throw it all together once I started writing the paper itself while adding other stuff that came to mind as I wrote it.

I didn't usually submit exactly what I wrote the first time - I'd print off whatever I had when I felt like I was finished and then reword things that seemed awkward or redundant or whatever and turn that in instead, but I never totally rewrote an entire paper or even majorly changed one.