Chapter 2 rules for writers

Rules for Writers chapter 2




When reading this chapter you learn about how to construct a proper essay and some nice key facts on how to keep your essay strong and detailed so the reader will continue reading it. Firstly you should make sure you are using the guidelines.
1. Thesis at top
2. Make items of the same level parallel
3. Use sentences
4. Be flexible to change.
These were the most important to me. Also you need to focus on the ideas and where you are going to place them. You can deal with your sentence structure later. Also you want to remember to not to stress yourself out, and not to be too hard on yourself, or your writing will not always be at your best. Another way to look at your essay structure is to just develop ideas don’t make it final or even the rough draft. Keep in making that your introduction paragraph is going to be 50 to 150 words so you can have some idea of the proper length. Also you can never assume your reader is interested in your story so you always have to drag in their attention, make sure you can always back up your evidence if they choose to ask you a question. Some ideas to keep in mind to hook your readers on your thesis.
1. Always use a vivid examples
2. Make sure you have a good description
3. Make it a question
4. You can make it a statistic or unusual fact.
When starting your essay you need to make it strong from start to finish so when writing your body make sure you already have a strong thesis to support them. Also your conclusion should remind the readers of a main idea without vividly repeating it.
In this chapter I learned about structuring my essay and to me that seems like the most important fact to do while writing. I am going to always write before and brainstorm ideas so I don’t get off track and loose my thoughts. Also to me if you make your thesis very supportive and strong everything in your essay should just fall together.