My Writing Process

My writing process is very simple and systematic. Since essays are what I am used to writing most I will share my process using the famous five paragraph essay.  First comes the topic of the paper.  Once I have the topic I make a bulleted list of ideas that will make up the body of my essay. After I make the list I pick the most important ideas to write about then I make a separate list of examples and analysis for each idea. Now that I know what I am going to write about I form my thesis statement. Following the thesis statement I write my introductory, body, and conclusion paragraphs in that order. My introductory paragraph usually contains material that will hook the readers attention and my thesis statement. The body contains the main ideas and support to back up those ideas. The conclusion paragraph restates my thesis and includes how it applies to others. Next I edit my paper. I check for grammatical and spelling errors first and then I check to make sure my examples are solid and that I have enough analysis. To do this I usally mark errors with a pen and use a highlighter where I have analysis in my paper. If there is not enough highlighter on my paper I know that my paper is full of too much opinion rather than support. After all the corrections are made I write my final paper and re-read it one more time to make sure I have a strong paper!