The two main points that I took away from chapter 1 is how to start a paper and ways to make your paper stronger. In the first chapter there is a lot of great points on how to start a paper from freewriting to picking at a subject. With the freewriting you can just write and write then go back and see if there is any use. As for already having a subject but can't seem to move on, try picking a part your subject to find more information to write about or give you ideas.
The first chapter also had great points on how to improve your paper by setting up a great thesis and how to outline the paper. There is a part about how a thesis really makes a paper great and how to do this by condensing the thesis and having a true pointing for the thesis. While how to use an outline is the part that I read a few times because it was something I really needed.
When and how to use a outline was a breakthrough for me. I always start with a outline for my papers no matter what subject from math to english. Which in hindsight may have hindered my papers until now. On page 18 it talks about how a outline may be better off used later on in the writing process and not right from the start. This is something I will try on the essay next week, just write and worry how it will go together later once I a good chunk of writing on the paper.
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