I try to check my thesis statement every couple of paragraphs to make sure it still embodies the message I am conveying in my essay. This is one of the places in the essay where I really try to grab the reader’s attention. The thesis helps me get an idea for the layout of my essay, an outline so to speak. Personally, I don’t typically give too much attention to an outline. Although, I do believe it is a significant part of the writing process. This step is one that I am trying to give more attention to. Murray’s “The Marker’s Eye” in particular didn’t speak about outlines, more about rough drafts, but I believe the two are very similar. The outline is basically a pre-rough draft and after reading this prompt it made me realize how every draft, no matter how it’s written is a key part to any writing process. For example Murray writes about how important drafts are and how “the first draft, and all of those which follow, are opportunities to discover what [you] have to say and how best [you] can say it.” (109). Clearly, a rough draft is the main step in the process of
I try to check my thesis statement every couple of paragraphs to make sure it still embodies the message I am conveying in my essay. This is one of the places in the essay where I really try to grab the reader’s attention. The thesis helps me get an idea for the layout of my essay, an outline so to speak. Personally, I don’t typically give too much attention to an outline. Although, I do believe it is a significant part of the writing process. This step is one that I am trying to give more attention to. Murray’s “The Marker’s Eye” in particular didn’t speak about outlines, more about rough drafts, but I believe the two are very similar. The outline is basically a pre-rough draft and after reading this prompt it made me realize how every draft, no matter how it’s written is a key part to any writing process. For example Murray writes about how important drafts are and how “the first draft, and all of those which follow, are opportunities to discover what [you] have to say and how best [you] can say it.” (109). Clearly, a rough draft is the main step in the process of