Blog 12A
Katie Smith
English 1010
Professor Marchant
17 November 2015

     When writing an essay certain steps must be taken in order to create a good, flowing paper. The first step is the information dump. This is where you get all of your information down on paper, or on a document. This part of  the writing process is important because it helps you to see all the information that you have to work with at the very beginning. Next comes the conclusion. It is important to write the conclusion second in the writing process because you are summarizing important parts of the essay and identifying the key points. This makes it easier to revise your body paragraphs, and helps you to know what to write in each body paragraph and what points to make. Then lastly comes the introduction. The introduction comes last in the writing process because you are just summarizing what you have just talked about in your essay and pointing out the main points, along with creating a thesis and a good hook to catch the readers attention. Another good practice is to read the paper aloud to yourself, this will make it easier to catch mistakes. Have people read over your paper and give you advice on how you can make it better,Throughout the writing process it is important to read over your paper many times and revise grammatical errors, make sure you have smooth flowing transitions, and try to present your information in an orderly, chronically descending order.