Writing Important? Yay or Nay?

Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Writing Important? Yay or Nay?

• Medium of expression.
• Organize you thoughts, idea, and emotions.
• Be able to understand to your readers or target audience.
• Successful output.
• Every job you're aiming for, requires a but or a lot of good writing skills including creative or design industry.
• Care little things. Be detail.

Writing Process

• Never a one step action.
• It is an on going creative act.
• Process can help you write clear and correct paragraph in english.
• Plan it. Write it.
• 5 steps

1. Pre-writing: list things
2. Drafting: organize ideas
3. Revision: attack issues of the content and organisation (which one should be the first)
4. Editing: grammar and punctuation
5. Publication

Prewriting

Drafting

Essay Consist of

• Paragraph
• Topic sentence: first sentence, tell what's the topic
• Supporting sentence: detail
• Concluding sentence: conclusion
• Parts of paragraph
• Topic sentence (main idea)
• Supporting sentence 1 (+example)
• Supporting sentence 2 (+example)
• Supporting sentence 3 (+example)
• Concluding sentence

Example: Adia likes to play music (TS). Adia likes to play music on thursday (SS)

• Good topic sentence
• Usually the first sentence is a paragraph (beginning)
• Not too general, not too specific
• Supporting sentences
• Explain the topic by giving more info
• List the points
• For example, — For instance, — Such as
• Concluding sentence
• Signals the end of the paragraph
• It reminds the reader of the main
• Tips: begin with conclusion signal
• All in all, — In summary, — To conclude — In short, — Indeed, — To sum up, — It is clear that... — You can see that ...

Topic sentence: Successful bidding on eBay requires patience and strategy.

Concluding sentence: In conclusion, follow the steps I have outlined, and you will be the winning bidder (restate) 

In conclusion, you can spend a lot of money on eBay. (NEVER. no to the new idea)

Process Paragraph

What? Explanation of how to make the paragraph

Structure

• Begin with a topic sentence. Use words such as: steps, procedure, direction, suggestions.
• Supporting sentence following with example.
• Conclusion

Time order

• Word
• Finally,
• First, (second, third, etc.)
• Later,
• Meanwhile,
• Next, 
• Now (no comma)
• Soon (no comma)
• Then (no comma)
• Other
• The first step ...
• Phrases
• At 12:00 p.m, 
• The next 2 hours,