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• To step
• Part 1 of 3: Prescribing
• Part 2 of 3: Writing a first draft
• Part 3 of 3: Reviewing your essay
• Tips

You don't have to be a good writer to write well. Writing is a process. Treating writing as a series of small steps rather than a phenomenal trick that you have to do just like that makes writing a lot easier and a lot more fun. You can learn to brainstorm the main ideas before you start writing, organize a draft of your main ideas, and rewrite your text into a polished essay. See step 1 for more information.

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Part 1 of 3: Prescribing

1. Read the assignment carefully. It is important to have a clear understanding of what your teacher expects from your essay. Every teacher will find other things important, both in terms of subject and style. Keep your assignment off at all times while you are working on your essay and read it carefully. Ask the teacher about anything you are unsure about. Make sure you feel good about the following (These are helpful questions to ask yourself.):
   • What is the purpose of the essay?
   • What is the topic of the essay?
   • What are the word count requirements?
   • What is the right tone for the essay?
   • Is research required?
2. Write freely or do a journal exercise to get some ideas on paper. A good way to get started and take an approach to the assignment is to start writing freely. No one needs to see it, so feel free to explore your thoughts and opinions on a particular topic and see where it leads.
   • Write for a limited period of time by agreeing to write for 10 minutes without stopping. Do not hesitate to express your opinion on a particular topic, even if your teacher has indicated that you should not include personal experiences and opinions in your text. This is not the definitive essay!
3. Try an exercise with a cluster or bubble chart. A web diagram is useful if you've tapped into a lot of ideas while writing freely but don't know where to start. This will help you work from general to specific, an important part of any essay. Start with a blank piece of paper, or draw the design diagram on a chalkboard. Leave a lot of space.
   • Write the subject in the center of the paper and draw a circle around it. Suppose your topic is something like "Romeo & Juliet" or "The Civil War". Write this on the paper and circle it.
   • Write down the main ideas or your interest in the topic around the circle in the middle. You may be interested in "Julia's Death," "Mercutio's Fury," or "Family Troubles." Write down so many of the main ideas you are interested in.
   • Around each main topic, write the more specific points or comments on each more specific topic. Look for connections. Are you repeating descriptions or ideas?
   • Connect the circled ideas with lines, where you see connections. A good essay is organized in outline, not chronologically or according to a plot. Use these connections to shape your main ideas.
4. If necessary, create a formal sketch for organizing your thoughts. As your main concepts, ideas, and arguments on the topic begin to take shape, consider arranging everything in a formal outline to help you write an actual outline on paper. Use full sentences to collect your main points for actual essay.
5. Write a thesis. Your thesis guides the entire essay, and is arguably the most important part of writing a good essay. A thesis usually consists of a statement that you are trying to prove in the essay.
   • The proposition of your thesis must be something to be discussed. “Romeo & Juliet is an interesting play written by Shakespeare in the 16th century” is not a proposition because it is not debatable. You don't have to prove that. "Juliet is the most tragic character in Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet" comes much closer to a point of discussion.
   • Your statement must be specific. "Romeo & Juliet is a play about making bad choices" is a less strong statement than "Shakespeare argues that the inexperience of teenage love is both comical and tragic."
   • A good thesis accompanies the essay. In your thesis, you can sometimes give a foretaste of the points you are going to make in your essay to guide yourself and the reader: “Shakespeare uses Juliet's death, Mercutio's anger and the petty quarrels of the two main families, to illustrate that the connection between the heart and the head has been broken forever. ”

Part 2 of 3: Writing a first draft

1. Think in fives. Some teachers use the "rule of five" or "five paragraphs" for writing essays. This isn't a hard and fast rule, and you don't have to stick to an arbitrary number like '5', but it can be helpful in building your thesis and organizing your thoughts to aim for at least 3 various support points for supporting your main thesis, but some teachers would like their students to use a:
   • Introduction, describing the topic, summarizing the issue or problem, and presenting your thesis.
   • Most important point in paragraph 1, in which you indicate and substantiate a first supporting statement.
   • Most important point in paragraph 2, in which you indicate and substantiate a second supporting statement.
   • Most important point in paragraph 3, in which you indicate and substantiate a final supporting statement.
   • Conclusion paragraph, in which you summarize your statement.
2. Support your main points with two types of evidence. In a good essay, the thesis resembles a table top - it must be held up by table legs made up of good points and evidence, for it cannot float on its own. Any point you are about to make must be substantiated with both logic and evidence.
   • Evidence includes specific quotes from the book you are writing about or specific facts on the subject. When you talk about Mercutio's whimsical nature, you will have to quote him, set the scene, and describe him in detail. This is proof that you also have to dress with logic.
   • Logic refers to your motives and your reasoning. Why is Mercutio like this? What should we notice about the way he talks? Explain your proof to the reader using logic, and you have a solid theorem with strong proof.
3. Think about questions that need to be answered. A common complaint from beginning writers is that they have nothing more to say on a particular subject.Teach yourself to ask the questions the reader might have, to give yourself more material, by answering the following questions in your draft.
   • Ask how. How is Julia's death presented to us? How do the other characters react? How is the reader supposed to feel?
   • Ask why. Why does Shakespeare let her die? Why doesn't he let her live? Why does she have to die? Why wouldn't the story work without her death?
4. Don't worry about using "difficult words." A mistake many novice writers make is spending too much time on Microsoft Word's thesaurus feature to expand their vocabulary with cheap synonyms. You're really not going to fool your teacher by using expensive words in the first sentence, if your thesis is as thin as the paper it's written on. Constructing a strong thesis has much less to do with your wording and vocabulary than with building your argument and supporting your essay with the main points.

Part 3 of 3: Reviewing your essay

1. Get feedback on your first draft. It may be tempting to quit once you've finished the page count or word count, but you'll be much better off if you leave the text for a while and come back later with a fresh look and willingness to make changes and convert the concept to a finished version.
   • Write a rough draft on the weekend before you are due to submit the essay and give it to your teacher. a few days before the return date. Include the feedback in your drafting and make any necessary changes.
2. Keep in mind to make significant cuts in your concept and make major changes. Good writing happens during the revision. If we break up the word, revise literally means "to look again" (revisit). Many students believe that revision has to do with picking out spelling and typos, and while that is certainly an important part of proofreading, it is important to note that NO writers provide perfect thesis and order in the first draft of a lot. You have more work to do. Try the following:
   • Move points for the best possible organization of points, the best "flow"
   • Delete entire sentences that are repetitive or that don't work
   • Remove any points that do not support your position
3. Go from general to specific. One of the best ways to revise a concept is to make the points that are too general more specific. This could involve gathering more evidence in the form of quotations or logic, it could involve rethinking the point completely and shifting your focus, and it could involve looking for entirely new points and new evidence that supports your thesis.
   • Think of each main point as a mountain in a mountain range that you fly over with a helicopter. You can stay at high altitudes and fly over it quickly, indicating its characteristics briefly and from a distance on a quick overview tour, or you can take the reader to the ground for a detailed view, so that we can see the mountain goats, rocks and the waterfalls. can have a closer look. What would you think of a better excursion?
4. Read your concept aloud again. One of the best ways to take a critical look at your work and see if writing is holding up is to read your work aloud to yourself. Does it sound "right"? Circle anything that needs to be more specific, changed, or indicated more clearly. When you're done, go through it right away and make the additions you need to make for the best possible version.
5. Proofread the piece as the last step of the process. Do not worry about commas and apostrophes until you are almost ready to submit the essay. Sentence, spelling, and typing-level issues are also referred to as `` later concern, '' meaning that you should only be concerned when the more important parts of your essay - your thesis, key points, and wording of your thesis - are constructed as well as possible.

Tips

• You can always add more circles to your accompanying diagram if you think you don't have enough.
• The open source software Free Mind can help you with the initial writing process.
• Remember, there is no time limit (unless you have to write a piece during an exam, of course), so take your time and let your mind wander.
• You can let go of your imagination completely.