How to write an effective paper!

1. The Writing Process:
Writing Effective Papers

2. Overview
In this video, you will see a brief overview of the writing process which we will be discussing.
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3. Brainstorm
The first step to
writing any paper is to choose
an especially interesting topic.
Some topics are broader than
others. Therefore, it’s
essential to develop an idea
of which particular points you
wish to make throughout your
writing. To further assist you,
you may consider creating an
outline to follow as you write
your rough draft.
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4. Outline
After brainstorming, you
should try and organize your ideas in a
way that makes sense. Doing this
beforehand will allow you to arrange
your ideas in logical order, whether that
be chronological order, order of
importance, or spatial order. An
example would be an outline that
includes dates; in that case you should
use chronological ordering. An outline
should be organized in the way that
information makes the most sense.
Being able to see your ideas down will
also help you to create a more cohesive
paper.
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5. Create a
Rough Draft
While a rough draft should
feature formal writing, it is acceptable,
though frowned upon, to produce mistakes.
Unless it is required that you submit your
rough draft for an assignment to be
reviewed by peers or your instructor, it is
likely that you are the only person who will
be seeing this. For now, you merely want to
examine the ideas that you previously
formed and put them into cohesive
sentences. However, if you are considering
adding more information to your paper,
now is the time to do it. You will ensure that
your paper is correctly structured in the
time to come. Right now, reflect upon your
current ideas and any last-minute thoughts.
Next, formulate sentences that express
these thoughts.
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6. Revise
After writing your rough draft,
you should review what you have written.
You should ensure that you have applied
proper spelling, grammar, punctuation, and
capitalization. A critical aspect of revising is
determining if your sentences flow smoothly
and are in an appropriate order. Additionally,
you may wish to employ rare, lively
adjectives and adverbs. Furthermore, you
will want your writing to feature complex
sentences. Utilize all of the sentence types,
have various sentence lengths, and start your
sentences in new, creative ways. When you
are finished revising, you should feel
comfortable sharing your finished product
with others.
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7. Polish up Your
Final Draft!
Congratulations; you have
made it to the final step in the
writing process! Finally, you will
write your final copy. This will
include all of the corrections that
you made during your revision. This
paper should be without error.
Therefore, you should write or type
with caution. Once you have
finished your final copy, you should
be prepared to share it with your
instructor, peers, or perhaps even
your literary agent!
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8. Additional
Information
• Try not to overuse commas.
• Make use of semicolons and other less
common punctuations.
• Make sure to capitalize all proper nouns.
• Spell out numbers 9 and under, and use
the numeric symbols for all numbers 10
and up!
• Try not to overuse filler words.
• Always check for pronoun antecedent
agreement.
• Make sure that your formatting is correct!