Getting Started

In Chapter 4 it talks a lot about how to get started on your papers. It starts off with talking about generating ideas. This is very important because without an idea you have no paper. You would have absolutely nothing to write about. My favorite was to find ideas for paper is to brainstorm. I usually just sit down and think about something that interest me. The next thing it talks about is drafting. Usually teachers require more than one draft to a paper so we do this anyway. The first draft is a good way to get an idea of what you are going to put in your paper. I usually like to have someone read over it after that and see what corrections I need to make. Third, they talk about organization. Obviously when writing a paper you need to have your sentences and paragraphs in some sort of order or it will make no sense. Next is revising. Going through your paper and making sure you didn't make any mistakes is a very good idea. Chapter 4 of Ball Point was a good reminder on how to get started on your papers.