All Write
If you are like many have trouble getting
started with writing. A mental block may develop when you sit down before a
blank sheet of paper.
You may not be to think of an interesting topic or thesis. Or
may have trouble coming up with relevant
to support a possible thesis. And even after starting a paper, you may hit
snags - moments when you wonder "what else can I Say?" Or "Where
do I go next?"
The following pages
describe five techniques that will' help
you think about and develop a topic and get words on paper.
(1) fee writing
(2) questioning
(3) making a list
(4) diagramming
(5)preparing a scratch outline
These
prewritten techniques help you think about and create material , and they a
central part of the writing process.
Technique 1: Free Writing
Free writing
means jotting down in rough sentences or phrases everything that comes to mind
about a possible topics. See if you can
write nonstop for ten minutes or ten minutes more. Do not worry about spelling
or punctuating correctly. about erasing mistakes, about organizing material, or
about finding exact words. instead, explore in idea by putting down whatever
pops into your head. If you get stuck for words. Instead, explore in idea by
putting down whatever pops into your head. If you get stuck for words, repeat
yourself until more words come. There is no need to feel inhibited , since
mistakes do not count and you do not have to hand in your paper.
Technique 2: Questioning
In questioning you
generate ideas and details asking many questions as you can think of about your
subject. Such questions include Why? When? Where? Who? and How
Technique 3: Making a List
In making a list, also
known as brainstorming, you collect a of ideas and details that relate to your
subject. Pile these item up, one after another, without trying to sort out
major details in any special order. You goal just to make a list of everything
about your subject that occurs to you.
Technique 4: Diagramming
Diagramming, also known as clustering or
mapping is another strategy that can be used to generate material for a paper.
This method is helpful for people who like to do their thinking in a visual
way. In diagramming, you use lines, boxes, arrows, and circles to show
relationship among the ideas and details that occur to you.
Technique 5: preparing a Scratch outline
A scratch outline is an excellent squeal
to the first four prewriting techniques. A Scratch outline often follows free
writing, questioning, list - making, or diagramming, or it may gradually emerge
in the midst of these strategies. In fact, trying to make a scratch outline is a good way to
see if you need to do more prewriting. If you cannot come up with a solid
outline, then you know you need to do more prewriting to clarify your main
point or its several kinds of support.
Revision
Revising
is as much a stage in the writing process as prewriting, outlining, and doing
the first draft. Revising means rewriting paper, building on what has already
been done, in order to make it stronger
One writer had said about revision, "It's like cleaning house - getting
rid of all the junk and putting things in the right order" It is not just
"straightening up " instead, you must be ready to roll up your
sleeves and do whatever is needed to create an effective paper. To ay students
think that the first draft is the paper. They start to become writers when they
realize that revising a rough draft three or four times is often at the heart
of the writing process.
Dilhan
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