Rules for Writers: Chapter 2

     To start out by rough drafting, you must focus your attention on the ideas and details your putting out and how it will be organized. Gather all your materials such as an outline of notes, diagrams, freewrites, or any other note taking materials you have created. Rough drafts are meant to be messy; not perfect. Ideas will gradually develop as you write.

     There are three main parts to a writing; the introduction, thesis, and conclusion. The most important part of the writing is the Introduction. In most types of writings, the thesis is introduced in the first paragraph; which is the main point you are writing about.

     As you begin your thesis, you must think about what your readers need to know In order to understand your thoughts in sequence as you create your paragraphs. Sentences should provide examples, facts, descriptions, or questions leading to the thesis. You must think of ways to keep your readers interested in reading about the topic by sparking curiosity or other reasons for the reader to continue reading. The body of the essay containing some main points or central ideas develops support for the thesis.

     Finally the conclusion will close the ending of the essay. Conclusions should have details and examples to support the introduction. It is also important to know how to well end the writing. It should have significance to the main ideas so the reader understands the whole general idea of the writing.

     Reading This chapter provides a brief description on how to summarize ideas and organize them in to a rough draft from start to finish. I tend to use the same ideas as the chapter describes, but normally I get stuck on the introduction. It’s hard to keep moving when I feel like I haven’t even accomplish my first paragraph. But I understand we develop more thoughts as we keep writing to have a better idea on how the introduction should be introduced.