Essay Writing Guidelines

Here I am going to explain some guideline for better Essay writing. The main steps in whole essay writing process are revising and proofreading. Revising is the process of editing and reworking the first rough draft. The revision process focuses on shaping and refining content and may require one draft or more. Proofreading is the final step of the revision process, focusing on correcting spelling and grammatical errors.

• The following writing guidelines will help maximize your writing practice:

• Schedule sufficient time for writing practice-a half hour to an hour, never less.

• Commit to a weekly writing prompt practice session.

• Free writing is an effective method of warming up and generating ideas, because you must write as rapidly as you can without stopping to edit or censor your writing. First, select a writing prompt that strikes your fancy. Then, set a minute timer for ten minutes. Start writing anything and everything that relates to the writing prompt’s main idea. Don’t stop or try to correct mistakes.Just keep free writing until the timer starts buzzing!

• When you have finished free writing, read over your work. If you like particular phrases or passages that you've written, consider using them in your first formal draft.

• After you have warmed up, write a formal response by focusing on the purpose of your essay. Ask yourself if you are being asked to define, persuade, compare and contrast, classify, illustrate, or narrate. Then brainstorm related ideas about your topic and decide which ideas will best help to support you in achieving your purpose.

• As you respond to your writing prompts, keep your target audience firmly in mind. Who will be reading your work?

• What works well when you are communicating with your friends on You-Tube does not work in the middle school or high school classroom. When you are writing a formal essay, as you will be doing during these writing practices, it’s advisable to leave your profanity, slang, and instant messaging lingo such as LOL (Internet shorthand for “laughing out loud”) or LAWL (slang for “laughing a whole lot”) at the door!

• Important factors to reflect upon before writing are audience gender, ethnicity, educational level, and occupation, as well as the audience’s present knowledge of the subject.

• Remember, the concluding paragraph is the place to reinforce all of the most important ideas that you have presented. It’s not the place to address a new subtopic. Repeat and then reinforce your main idea.

• The final sentence is as important as the lead sentence, so spend time crafting a powerful final sentence condensing the most important thoughts on your subject.

• Revise. Revise. Revise. Do not skip this important and necessary step!

• Proofread to be sure that your spelling and grammar are immaculate.