Pre Drafting Research Paper

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Writing in academic and professional settings can be extremely difficult to do and do well. In this essay, I’m going to explain audience, pre-drafting, and thesis to those who have not learned the proper way to implement these elements into their writing and help them craft better essays in the future. After reading these concepts, you will better understand the power these elements hold in your writing, and your writing will become much more effective.
Audience is a specific group of people targeted in any piece of writing. It’s important to consider audience in a piece of writing because you want to write in a language that the target readers will understand, and you want to capture the attention of the reader. If the writer isn’t clear
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It’s important to pre-draft because it’s a fast, relaxed, and freeing part of the writing process. By creating a basic plan for your writing, you can prevent anxiety and writer’s block when it comes to writing the rough draft. Pre-drafting gets all related ideas on paper, so there is plenty of information to work with, and there is no fear of leaving out any information. This process also makes writing the paper go faster, and because it creates a sense of relaxation, procrastination is less likely to occur. Choose a pre-drafting method (freewriting, mapping, brainstorming, cubing, and classical invention questions) before beginning your rough draft, and make sure it’s a method you feel comfortable with. Choosing a difficult pre-drafting method will only make the process more unpleasant. Feel free to use another preferred method to jot down your ideas if it wasn’t listed. Write down all ideas relating to your topic no matter how big or small once you’ve decided on a pre-drafting method (sometimes the seemingly insignificant ideas can lead to the best essays). Treat pre-drafting like word vomit, and don’t limit your ideas; the more abstract the ideas, the better. Last week, I had to write a paper about the New Deal, so I did some pre-drafting to make sure I had enough ideas and make sure my paper would be well organized. Pre-drafting made it much easier to find things to write about, so the process …show more content…
It’s important to include a thesis in your essay because it creates a foundation for the rest of the writing. The thesis is a thought provoking question that gets the readers interested. Many people call this the “hooky intro”, but in academic and professional writing, a thesis should never be “hooky”. The thesis, instead, is something that the readers are skeptical about and ask a leading question that guides the rest of the essay. A good thesis demonstrates critical and creative thinking. Begin with a working question to write a good thesis. Write a thesis after writing all of the supporting paragraphs that gets readers asking questions about what you are going to tell them. Make sure all topic sentences of your supporting paragraphs support and relate back to the thesis. Go back and change the thesis or re-write the paragraph that threatens the unity of your essay if this is not the case. Last year, I had to write a research paper, but it was difficult because I felt constrained to my pre-decided thesis. I know if I had started with a working question and simply allowed myself to explore the topic before writing my thesis, I would have written a paper that I would have been a lot prouder of and one that would have been written a lot