My drafting process...

When I write papers, I like to organize my thoughts for starters... thoughts being facts, flow, research... making somewhat of a skeleton of the final product just to guide my thinking. Once that's done I just write. Fairly simple to explain, not so simple to put into practice. When I write I need some background noise; something to keep my mind from overanalyzing every little detail. After all... isn't that what the drafting workshops are for? So, I'll go up to some coffee shop. City o city happens to be a few blocks down from my house... And I can actually eat stuff there which is nice. I'll go and bang out a super rough draft in about two hours. Might not even make any sense but it doesn't matter. At least I have something down on paper to make revisions on. The important thing for me is to get over that sense of writer's block that more times than not is just a scare tactic put on by whatever assignment you are in the process of completing... maybe I'm the only one there... but a nice free-write to get all the useless crap out of your system helps me to bring everything together in the end.

Drafting Process

I usually just start writing, than I will go back and organize my paragraphs. Once I've done that I will go in and edit the paper. Re-write sentences, check sentence structure, check MLA formating, check fluency, and other basic editing tools. Then I will get my paper edited by a peer, make revisions as needed. Sometimes I will create an outline to start out with, but generally I will just start to write.

rough draft

When writing my rough draft, I'm not really much to plan on what I am about to write. My best writing comes out when I just write what I'm thinking at the very moment. I don't really waste my time on spelling and grammatical errors because obviously the most important part about writing a good essay is the content. When writing my rough draft the part that probably most changes is the conclusion because I sometimes have a bit of trouble trying to form one with any essay because I know that can make or break a well written paper.

How we go about drafting and stuff

How I go about drafting:

Step one:

I write all the idea down that I can, and begin typing my essay. I type and type and type putting down my thoughts no matter how crazy they are. I continue this process till I have the total number of pages required by the assignment.

Step two:

After doing all the fun stuff, it is not time for me to edit out all the thoughts, and unnecessary vocabulary. This in my opinion takes the longest time for me. In this step I also reorganized my thoughts and ideas and makes sure that the paper at least makes some sense.

Step Three:

This is where I add more information and facts that I find on my own, at the same time while I cite them. While I’m adding the information to my writing, I use the information to support my argument.

Step Four:

After all that I reread my paper and make more corrections to grammar, thoughts, and organization.

Step Five:

Turn it in the next day.

Rafting, Drafting... whatever Blaaa!

well, to tell you the truth. I rarely use any technique to prepare for my papers. usualy paceing around thinking about good topic points. sitting down to write the few ideas I do have. After doing this for sometime their is about a page or two of loosely collected ideas. I go through expanding on the topic most fit for my paper. After hammering away at the loose peace of material I start to see things taking shape. Slapping on a generic introduction and conclusion I am all most done. When its all together its time to push it through as many skilled writers as possible to bring up to the college level. And BAM im done!

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In writing a paper, I typically structure the first paragraph complete with thesis and each topic that will be covered throughout the rest of the paper. From there I freestyle it. I try to get all of my thoughts out without editing as I go. Once I have my thoughts written out, I go back and clean up each paragraph. There ya have it. No fancy outlines here.

Monkeys Attack Polar Bears, pt.2

If you want to draft your paper, there are lots of things to choose from. You can outline what you plan on putting, doing a little brainstorm activity, or whatever tickles your pickle. Either way, it has to be organized. It'll help you in the long run. I, personally, don't like to do any of those tequniques. I prefer to start out writing my thesis statement and telling my readers a general idea of what my paper will be about. When it comes to the paragraphs that follow, that's when I go into extreme detail about my topic. It helps me get started quicker and helps my creative juices flow from me to the paper I'm typing.