Writing How its done Generate Ideas Freewriting Brainstorming

Writing: How it’s done!

Generate Ideas • Freewriting • Brainstorming • Clustering • Questioning

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Clustering – A visual to generate ideas for a single topic. How to prepare history popcorn types flavors

Questioning – Ask yourself questions to generate ideas for your topic. What kind of corn is used for popcorn? Who invented popcorn? How many different flavors is popcorn made into? What is the best way to fix popcorn?

Organize Your Ideas • Narrow down your topic • Get rid of ideas you do not need • Put your ideas in order

A great way to organize your ideas is to use an outline.

Write your first draft n e c n o c d n a n o i t n e t t y a a s y s a e P r u o y f o t n conte e h t n o e t a tr

Revise Make sure you have the content you want in your essay. Make sure you do not have any non-essential information in your essay. Make sure you have your content in the correct order.

Proofread/Publish Check for grammatical mistakes. Check for punctuation mistakes. Check for spelling mistakes. Have someone read your essay for you. Write your final draft.