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Tired of wasting your precious time with boring assignments? Learn how to write a succinct and informative article in no more than a couple of minutes relying on drafts to develop your article.
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1Organize your area of work. Have pencil, pen, eraser and sufficient paper for your drafts and notes.
2Make sure you have plenty of space around your area. A desk full of stuff is no good.
3Set a topic in which you have knowledge or interest in.
4Organize your ideas. The best way to know what to say is to write down all your ideas down before starting.
5Research on the subject. Add any interesting/useful information you may use to the list you made on the previous step.
6Get your facts straight. It’s very important not to mix your personal thoughts with your information.
7With everything set, start your drafts. Your introduction has the main importance of drawing in the reader’s attention. The best way to do so is to describe a situation which the reader can familiarize with. Make them interested.
8Another way of doing it is to present the reader with questions in the introduction. Their curiosity to find the answers should lead them deeper into your text.
9Slowly develop your point throughout the writing. Remember: it’s vital that you know how to connect and make transitions in between your ideas, this helps the reader to follow your line of thinking.
10Avoid flooding the reader with too much information at once. One common mistake is trying to use all the information at your disposal. Not suggested. With your point shown in the development of the text, it’s time to conclude.
11The main thing about the conclusion is to enforce the point of your text in a short paragraph. Answer any questions that may have been left behind. Summarize what you meant to say during your text… but try not to be blatantly obvious.
12Review your text. The best way to do so is trying to adopt the perspective of a reader. Determine if your text is clean and direct.
13Take note of the good parts of your draft, check on how to improve the not-so good points. Don’t be afraid of making a mess… it should sort out by the end.
14If needed, start another draft. Vary on the way you write the parts of your text, both the good and the bad. You might improve parts that you didn’t even think could be improved!
15When you’re done, try to mix all the notes of good parts you got from your drafts to maximize the potential of your text. Be careful with the coherence!Advertisement
- There’s something important that should have been mentioned earlier: go to the toilet before starting your work. Nothing worse than your body’s needs interfering with your brain.
- Keep a spare pen. Running out of ink during the text is also pretty annoying.
- Practicing basketball with your trash bin is a very useful tool for relaxation.
- Make sure you’re on a comfortable, but not laid back, seat.
- Having a pen that fits to your hand is also beneficial. Some people get pain from writing with thin pens, while some can’t handle a thick one properly.
- Everyone has a method of organizing his thoughts: rubbing your pen, snapping your fingers… find yours!
- Try to use examples, to use specialist opinions, your opinion, interesting pictures, curiosities and other interesting stuff.
- Whatever you do, don't use specific terms that you don't know the meaning of!
- Avoid repeating words or ideas, this will make your text boring to be read.
- Make sure you always focus in the same topic. Don't try to gather an amount of topics in the same text, that can confuse the reader.
Things You'll Need
- Light source
- Cup of coffee(useful/dangerous)
- Trash can