Pre-writing

Just last quarter I took english 98 and we went over the process of pre-writing; so it is still fresh in my head. Once the teacher gave us an essay assignment she would have us brain storm ideas and thoughts that would help us generate text. Also, when you are generating these thoughts and ideas about your topic/subject you need to make sure to be organized. There are a few ways of organizing these thoughts. For example, if the lets say the topic of my paper is who am I? I am to describe to someone, using first person, who I am? what skills or talents do I have? What are my values? After reading the instructions I would use a branching or web method (mapping my thoughts) to write down ideas that support my topic. ideas would connect to supporting thoughts that will help me generate a substantial paragraph that reflects on my main topic. Once I find that I have enough text written down and a few paragraph topics I would begin with creating a thesis that summerizes what I will be talking about in the body of my essay. I'm very good at organizing a essay and giving it structure.