Everyone has their own way of writing and there are many controversial ways to begin the writing process. Throughout my years of elementary to high school, I have always been the type to cut corners. Many students can relate to the dreaded problem of having to strive for a high word count set by teachers. For me, the solution to the problem was simple, rewrite the information you researched in different ways, and be as descriptive as possible. This may sound funny to some people but that's how I approached most essays.
My process would begin with researching a topic I knew I would have interest in, so the task wouldn't be as agonizing as it seemed. After selecting a topic, the next step is to target the intended audience and write according to the intended purpose of your essay. Targeting your audience would determine your effectiveness and how formal you were with your essay. The next step was to research your topic and gather information for main points or arguments and supporting details. I made sure to cite my sources in order to avoid plagiarism. After collecting facts, arguments, and ideas, the first draft went underway. First drafts are never perfect when you write them and you're bound to have many flaws, which is why you have someone revise your essay. When I receive my essay, I look at the revisions and make corrections for the second draft. It is at this stage in the essay process that I would look hard over my essay. I would have a teacher or adult revise my second draft before finalizing the essay to the requirements of the teacher. The final draft would would usually be typed in MLA formatting with a works cited page to refer to my sources.
As college students, we are expected to write a lot of essays, lab reports, critical analysis, and narratives. Writing essays allows students to organize their ideas, target audiences effectively, and convey thoughts, facts or opinions to a wide variety of people. I hope to take from this blog a broader viewpoint on different perspectives and use it as a new way to express creative ideas. That's all for tonight. This is Leonard Yalong, signing off!
This is also the way I write my essay. And like you say in the beginning, everybody in high school cuts corner. I'm guilty, I always try to rewrite words that are replaceable and replace them with a smart word you could say. And sometimes I state the same phrase but in the different way. But this do not work in college.
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