A Step by Step Guide to Essay Writing
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010Students find essay writing as one of the most difficult assignments. Most of them dread essay writing assignments as it demands meticulous research, intensive reading and absorption of information. Also, many students are ignorant of the essay writing steps and process, that makes the task all the more repulsive.
If essay writing is dealt with the right approach, it becomes an entertaining experience. This article aims to bring to light the essential steps to essay writing and how to carry them forward in writing an essay on any topic or subject of choice.
The first and foremost step to any form of writing is finding the right topic to write an essay on. The choice of your topic decides the fate of your essay. It is thus very important to choose a relevant topic. The other aspects that must be considered when choosing a relevant and productive essay topics are: essay writer’s interest in the given topic, availability of the information resources on the given topic, the audience and of course, if it a college assignment, your instructor’s requirements.
Once you have decided on an essay topic, it is time to do some research. Look for various forms of information resources. Make sure you look for the right kind of information resources relevant to the essay topic. If your topic is current, you are more likely to find research material from newspapers, internet, discussion forums and magazines. However, if you are writing on an academic topic, you must look for scholarly journals, books and academic magazines for an insight into the topic.
Just finding the information resources may not necessarily make essay writing easy. You must make use of note making strategy while reading. Making notes help keep a record of ideas that occur at the time of reading.
Once you have done reading and have a fair idea of the essay topic, prepare an essay outline keeping in note your perspective to the essay topic. An essay outline incorporates all the essential points gathered at the time of reading. It must be then chronologically assembled keeping the essay components in consideration.
When writing an essay, it is essential to understand the various components and their significance in essay writing. The way you frame your essay introduction depends on your approach to the essay, if you move from general to particular, make use of observation, statistics and data to introduce the topic, moving on to the thesis statement.
The next three paragraphs should be a detailed analysis, ending in a conclusion that restates thesis statement and affirms it.
