Writing a rough draft-
Before you begin to write a rough draft you must gather your prewriting materials. Prewriting materials are made of lists, diagrams, outlines, freewrites, and etc. Do not worry about sentence structure or word choice in your rough draft. First start with your introduction and include a thesis statement. Your thesis statement should hook your readers. To aid in this one may us a startling statistic or startling fact, vivid example, a quote, a question. You cannot assume the reader is interest in the topic that you’re writing about.
Your thesis statement should be supported with supporting facts within the body of the essay. If you have created an outline it will aid you in creating paragraphs for each supporting points of you thesis. If you haven’t you should do one it will keep you on track. Don’t worry if you weren’t able to create an introduction as long as you have a thesis you’ll be able to write the body.
After you have completed these steps you should attempt to do a conclusion. A conclusion paragraph will remind the reader of what you essay was about. You do not want to rewrite it word for word, but come up with a creative way to make your paper come full circle. The conclusion should be just a memorable as the opening.
One thing that I will take away from this chapter is not to get too hung up on what I’m writing about. I feel that have a thesis may aid me better if I start with the body. This may help me develop my thesis statement. I have to remember that it is a rough draft and not worry myself about something that can be added or changed later.
I will also create an outline. I feel that a freewrite or preliminary writing materials are key to a well written paper, but an outline will aid me on staying within the subject of my thesis. An outline will also give me supporting information that will aid me on every support paragraph of my essay’s body.
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