Writing Process

Writing an essay is much more than just an introduction, body and conclusion. True, these are the key components but there are many other things a good writer needs to include to write effectively. Writing a good essay takes time, not many people, if any, can just sit down at a computer and type a flawless, inspiring, informative essay in one shot. There is a process for writing, starting with getting to know your audience and topic. Knowing your audience is one of the most important steps in the writing process because they are the reason you are writing. Next you need to get all your thoughts out on paper in your first draft. This helps to lay out everything you know about your topic so you can see what is important, what you can cut, what needs to be added and so forth. Once you've rounded your first draft out you should get have someone else take a look at it. Peer review is especially important because often a writer can't see certain flaws in their own work. Peer review is a good idea after every draft of your essay, so you can see trouble areas you still need to work on. All through out the writing process you should be adding rhetorical tools to help organize/clarify and draw your audience in. There are many tools a writer can use, for example Cause and Effect/Causal Chains. This tool helps readers to follow along better because they can see a direct cause from an event and how events effect each other in the long run. Another tools is the use of Gazes, like Consumer Gaze. Consumer Gaze tries to get customers to buy a product so they do a commercial to a popular song that gets stuck in your head so you remember the product and hopefully buy it. Although there are many tools, you don't have to use all of them. Just use enough that you get your point across to your reader in a way that is clear and concise, while holding their interest. After the body of your essay is done then you can work on writing your introduction/conclusion. The introduction should catch your audiences attention and state your thesis, whereas your conclusion sums up what you've talked about and again states your thesis. Once this is done and you are satisfied with what you've written, make sure to read it out loud to yourself so you can hear if it flows nicely. If it does, then you've completed your essay!