How Does Skipping Steps Affect Your Writing?
Why spend all that time brainstorming, outlining, and pre-writing?
Ø Student writers attempt to quickly write a paragraph in one “easy” step and fail.
Ø Student writers fail because they do not understand how to easily write.
Ø Student writers get frustrated and quit because they find writing too hard.
The “just-get-it-done” method of writing causes failure and frustration. There is no quick easy one-step writing process. Student writers think they are saving time by implementing a one-step process. Many jot down a few ideas and then attempt to analyze, rewrite, and organize as they go. This causes creative ideas, inspirations, and reflections to stop or slow down to a crawl. Ultimately, their brain gets very tired. As a result many become irritated and frustrated and shut down saying they don’t know what to write.
Switching back and forth is hard work because you have to switch from the creative side of your brain to the analytical side and then back and forth which disrupts your creative flow of thoughts
Russell Brunson, entrepreneur
When you control which side of the brain you are using, the step-by-step writing process works.
v Creative: Write information down as fast as you can which is called brainstorming.
v Analytical: Organize the brainstorm information into an outline. Only outline what applies best to the topic.
v Creative: Embellish the outline. Throw in some additional ideas and some figures of speech where they make sense.
v Analytical: Write a rough draft from the outline and then edit.
v Success - Well-written Final Copy
Writing using the writing process is the easy way to write. Like anything else it takes practice to develop the skills. As students develop these skills, they learn how to think at higher levels. As a result, paragraphs will be in a logical sequence where thoughts flow and make sense. When writers learn to use the writing process, they will successfully write.
As students use the analytical and creative sides correctly, writing becomes much easier. Students become skilled writers that can tackle any topic.
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