Now we are elaborating the second method of beginning to write:
Practice writing
When you are first trying to get into the method of a new kind of writing it can be very useful to make yourself to write as much as you can about a topic, as a way of getting your ideas into some kind of external form, and in the process discovering what these ideas are. since you are simply practising writing at this stage, we call this 'practice writing'.
The essential idea of this method is that it doesn't matter what the writing is like because the only reader, unless you choose otherwise, will be yourself. It doesn't matter weather it is well written, or even whether it makes sense; the point is to keep doing it.
One thing that makes writing difficult is that we are inclined to be critical of what we are writing as we do it and to try to make the writing good and correct from the beginning. If you are writing something that you find easy, where you know more or less what you want to say, this may work, and you might possible end up with a piece of writing that you can use straight away.
An important purpose of practise writing is that it separates the first thinking part of writing from the critical editing part. In addition, practise writing is an easy way of making yourself do plenty of writing. Next activity is regarding the practise writing is given below:
Activity Four: Practice writing for University
Set a timer for five minutes, then just write as much as you can on "The family in your country today". Start from any point of view you like.
When you have finished, read through what you have written. What do you think of it?
Identify what you have written about and think about why.
Have you written in complete sentences? Do you pursue one thought or jump about?
Did this exercise work for you? Are there any surprises in what you have done?
Practice writing
When you are first trying to get into the method of a new kind of writing it can be very useful to make yourself to write as much as you can about a topic, as a way of getting your ideas into some kind of external form, and in the process discovering what these ideas are. since you are simply practising writing at this stage, we call this 'practice writing'.
The essential idea of this method is that it doesn't matter what the writing is like because the only reader, unless you choose otherwise, will be yourself. It doesn't matter weather it is well written, or even whether it makes sense; the point is to keep doing it.
One thing that makes writing difficult is that we are inclined to be critical of what we are writing as we do it and to try to make the writing good and correct from the beginning. If you are writing something that you find easy, where you know more or less what you want to say, this may work, and you might possible end up with a piece of writing that you can use straight away.
An important purpose of practise writing is that it separates the first thinking part of writing from the critical editing part. In addition, practise writing is an easy way of making yourself do plenty of writing. Next activity is regarding the practise writing is given below:
Activity Four: Practice writing for University
Set a timer for five minutes, then just write as much as you can on "The family in your country today". Start from any point of view you like.
When you have finished, read through what you have written. What do you think of it?
Identify what you have written about and think about why.
Have you written in complete sentences? Do you pursue one thought or jump about?
Did this exercise work for you? Are there any surprises in what you have done?
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