The writer I am today does not compare to the writer I was a few years ago. It is surprising how quickly I have deleveled and improved as a writer. Many things have changed, but the most improvement is my writing process.
Before you start your first draft, take 5-10 minutes to free write about your topic.
Many times throughout my writing career, my teacher suggested this strategy and I resented it. I did not see the value in it until I began struggling to come up with material to write about. During Unit One, I had a difficult time deciding on the context of my paper because there was so much I wanted to speak upon. Struggling to narrow down my topics, I decided to free-write for a few minutes. While doing so, I wrote about topics I was not conscious of at first and expanded on a lot of the ideas I already had. Although all these ideas did not make it into my final paper, it created a starting point. The process of free writing does not restrict your mind, because you are not worried if it is up to par. It allows you to open up and feed off of raw ideas.
Create a list of things you have heard, saw, did, and read throughout the week.
When it comes to research, many students have a hard time deciding what to look up and invest their time in. From …show more content…
This step is very crucial to revising your work. When reading your work out, you get a better feel for the flow of the writing. Also, you tend to catch minor mistakes a lot more when you read your paper out loud. Before submitting my final essay in Unit 2, I re-read my essay a few times. In doing so, I caught a lot of misplaced and incorrect words. Not only that, I found a few places where there were bad phasing. Chances are, if I did not take the time to read my work out loud, I wouldn 't have been able to catch those errors. Finally, I know exactly what the editor will be reading once they receive my paper and I am confident about
Before you start your first draft, take 5-10 minutes to free write about your topic.
Many times throughout my writing career, my teacher suggested this strategy and I resented it. I did not see the value in it until I began struggling to come up with material to write about. During Unit One, I had a difficult time deciding on the context of my paper because there was so much I wanted to speak upon. Struggling to narrow down my topics, I decided to free-write for a few minutes. While doing so, I wrote about topics I was not conscious of at first and expanded on a lot of the ideas I already had. Although all these ideas did not make it into my final paper, it created a starting point. The process of free writing does not restrict your mind, because you are not worried if it is up to par. It allows you to open up and feed off of raw ideas.
Create a list of things you have heard, saw, did, and read throughout the week.
When it comes to research, many students have a hard time deciding what to look up and invest their time in. From …show more content…
This step is very crucial to revising your work. When reading your work out, you get a better feel for the flow of the writing. Also, you tend to catch minor mistakes a lot more when you read your paper out loud. Before submitting my final essay in Unit 2, I re-read my essay a few times. In doing so, I caught a lot of misplaced and incorrect words. Not only that, I found a few places where there were bad phasing. Chances are, if I did not take the time to read my work out loud, I wouldn 't have been able to catch those errors. Finally, I know exactly what the editor will be reading once they receive my paper and I am confident about