Drafting Process for Effective Academic Writing: A Comprehensive Guide, Study notes of English Language

Download Drafting Process for Effective Academic Writing: A Comprehensive Guide and more Study notes English Language in PDF only on Docsity! The Writing Process Part Two—Drafting Cuyahoga Community College ENG 0990 Amy Raufman, Lecturer Drafting is best guided by good planning Before you begin writing, be sure you have: •Generated enough ideas to categorize your supporting details into groups •Established your purpose & audience •Ordered your supporting details Revised Thesis Statement For me, the three biggest barriers to getting an “A” in History 1510 are temptations that distract me from studying, my concerns about my actual academic abilities, and potential technical difficulties of a distance learning class. Now you have a plan—start writing! Some tips: •Keep a clustering map or rough outline next to you while you’re writing. Don’t let yourself drift from one subtopic to the next. •Begin by writing one paragraph per subtopic. You can always expand later. •If you’re having trouble getting started, skip the introduction and come back to it later. Just because it is the first thing the reader sees doesn’t mean you have to write it first. •When writing your conclusion, think about all of the things you didn’t cover in the essay. Your thesis statement was designed to cover certain ideas only. Your conclusion is a good place to give consideration to other ideas that didn’t make the cut.