Prewriting Essays

Author: Gen Wright

2009-05-20 Word Count: 507 Category: Reference & Education

If you are still eager to learn the art of essay writing, and you simply don't want to consult custom writing service, because you have enough time and desire to do it yourself, then read this article – here is one more trick, how to write an essay.

While writing any essay, there are many rules and things you should know. And here you'll learn about a prewriting stage. So what is it?

The prewriting step means preparing the main thoughts for the future essay before you start writing it according to its structure. Believe us, it is simpler to write any essay when you have a prewritten outline, a kind of a plan. Especially, if you are going to write a lot.

Here we want to present you 6 prewriting stages:

1. First of all, think about what you will write. Imagine the questions you are going to answer in each paragraph of your essay (or at least the general question). What will be the best answer to this question? Is there the most valuable part in the answer? Then think over if it is possible to write an introduction using the most important part of your answer. Don't forget about ideas and thoughts that will support your introductory sentence. One more important task is to make your essay interesting for readers (and especially the introduction). Try to find more ideas connected with your topic, read magazines and books.

2. And now, after you have read the first step – write the possible answers to the above mentioned questions. Don't spend much time on this task – simply write the information which can really help in the process of writing of each paragraph of the essay.

3. It is very important to have many facts connected with the theme of your essay. Write all the interesting facts somewhere, you'll use them later. In order to save time, check if the facts you have found are connected with the previous question you've put.

4. Except looking for ideas, you should also present your opinions. It depends on what you want to tell in the given topic. Think about the reasons which can interest people in your essay. Is the chosen topic important?

5. Now you should define the leading idea of the essay (or a paragraph). Select the most important thought you will introduce in the essay, take one idea and be close to it during the whole essay.

6. Lay out your ideas and opinions in order to develop your leading thought. When you have selected the most important idea in the essay, you should look for the most suitable way to present these ideas. Then read these facts and also your own thoughts. Choose the best ones in order to show your leading idea to the readers in the best way. When the facts are ready, your are to choose the order of their presentation and writing. With a ready, proper outline you will be able to write any essay easily!