One of the secrets to writing an effective essay is to be organized in your approach. Use the following steps as a guideline to writing your next essay.
- Understand the topic
- Read and annotate articles
- Collect quotations and paraphrases on cards
- Write a clear Thesis Statement with predictors
- Freewrite, brainstorm, or cluster
- Outline your essay
- Write a topic sentence for each predictor
- Decide on a logical order
- Write your first draft
- Revise checking for unity and coherence
- Edit checking for grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors
- Write your final draft