Feb 03 2009
How to Write and Revise a First Draft
Here are some A-plus writing secrets for writing and revising your first draft.
The first A-plus writing secrets concern the structure of the paper. Each paper comprises of three parts the introduction, the main body, and the conclusion.
The introduction starts with a general topic statement and finishes with a more exact statement of the key idea of your essay. The aim of the this part is to let your audience know about what the paper is, present your opinion, and arouse the audience ’s curiosity for them to wish to read your essay.
The main body consists of several paragraphs in which you should develop thoroughly your ideas. The A-plus writing secrets concerning this part consist in limiting every paragraph to one major idea. Here you should prove your points constantly by utilizing specific quotations and examples. In addition, you need to use some transition words to guarantee a smooth flow of your thoughts from one paragraph to another paragraph.
The aim of the conclusion is to sum up your key points, providing specific examples and restate the key idea of your essay.
How to revise your first draft:
1. Set aside your draft for some time before revising. This will help to view your paper objectively and find any problems or gaps.
2. Revising takes in rethinking your thoughts, clearing your arguments, rearranging paragraphs, as well as rewording sentences. You can need to enlarge your ideas, give more evidence to maintain your claims, or erase unnecessary material.
3. Read your essay aloud. This will make it easier to see writing that is unclear or awkward.