There are many ways a writer can improve their writing. The writing process can be very challenging to some. In “How To Write Anything”, there are many strategies outlined to help writers in their writings. The beginning process to many writers is the hardest. There are many helpful tips on how to start what you are writing about successfully. Not only is there helpful tips on how to start your project, but there are tips on how to read successfully.
The first step in writing can most often times be the most challenging part of the writing process. Brainstorming can either be easy or challenging to some. In chapter nineteen, it gives a guideline to how to brainstorm ideas successfully. Personally when I brainstorm I build lists onto what I’m going to write about, I get very detailed in my listings. In “How To Write Anything”, it says that being very detailed in your listings defeats the purpose of making a list. The textbook goes into more detail on how a list should be short and simple, not detailed and intricate. Also it suggested that you look at pictures, diaries, or yearbooks to get ideas on what to write about. Those ideas works best it said if you are writing personal narratives.
Another part that I found to be very interesting, is ideas on how to read smartly. I never have seen or heard someone telling me to read something that makes me uncomfortable. Though in “How To Write Anything”, it suggests that you read something that makes you uncomfortable. It says that the more you read something that makes you uneasy, will help you when you write on a controversial topic. I never understood it at first, but after thinking about it afterwhile it was clear. The more you read about something you might not agree with, you will know more about it if you write upon the subject. That’s why analyzing both sides of a problem is best before you write about the issue.
There are many other ways that one can improve their writings, but those are a few that I found to be most intriguing. Writing is something we all will do after college and for many years to come. It is very important that we all can properly write, no matter what occupation you want to go into.
You give me the idea that perhaps looking into a topic for a research paper should begin much earlier than only a couple of weeks before the first draft is due. I hope I remember to remind everyone to be thinking about topics they would like to write about!
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