Writing Skill Resume

Written By
Rurry Diane Respati

Almost everyone have a great desire to

have a good writing skill. Am I right? With a
good writing skills, we can make a good
essay, thesis, short story, or even a very long
novel. I like writing, that`s why I was very
interested to know about this delicious topic.
It feels like I wanna eat a giant chocolate ice
cream. Can`t wait to learn it.
First, before you start writing you should find a topic. Find a
specific topic, a topic that interested you much or something you know
well. Then you could define the purpose of your essay. Whether it`s to
persuade people to believe your task or maybe to educate people about
something that you know. If your topic is an overview or a specific
analysis, you can start writing. But if your topic is too general, you must
find a narrower subtopic. Remember, it`s important for you to enjoy the
writing process. Don`t waste your time, just try to make schedule for
each part of your essay. Write down your target on your diary or your
note. It would very hepful, so that you will not hurry when you meet
deadline.

In other way, there are six prewriting

steps:
1. Think carefully about what you are
going to write, make some question about
what you are going to write about.
2. Open your notebook and write your
answers.
3. Collect facts related to your paragraph or essay topic.
 4. Write down your ideas.
5. Find the main idea of your paragraph or essay.
6. Organize your facts and your ideas in a way that develop your
main idea.

If I wanna write something for now on, I will choose the last picture,
‘edelwise’ for my topic from other option, because this flower have a
powerfull meaning, “flower of love eternity”, I choose it because I think
it`s very interested idea.
The second step is making an outline. Outline will guide you to
make a continuous paragraph on your essay. A mind map is the easiest
way to develop your topic. Put a topic in the center of your paper, and
then find some main ideas that you have about your topic, write it into
several branches. The last step to make this mind map is write some
informations or facts that support your main idea.
This is the most important part in writing, the third step. Writing
the essay itself. There are five hints in this step, I combine it from some
article:
1. Make the Introduction
Write the thesis statement and give some background information.
This statement can be placed in the last paragraph after one or two
sentences of an attention grabber. To attract the reader attention,
you can begin with an attention grabber:
a. Startling information
The information must be true and verifiable.
b. Anecdote
An anecdote is a story that illustrate the point. Make it short, to the
point and relevant to your topic.
 c. Dialogue
Make a dialogue that would help the reader to understand the
point you want to explain.
d. Summary information
A few sentence that explaining your topic will lead the reader
gently to your thesis.

2. Write the body

First, start writing one of your main idea. Next, write down the
supporting point for that main idea. An then, put some elaboration
between them both.
3. Write the Conclusion
The conclusion brings closure to the reader, providing a final
perspective on your topic. It`s need three or four strong sentences.
Even anecdote can end your essay.
4. Editing Essay/ Finishing touch
To check your essay from mistakes, you can check your spelling and
grammar, read your essay again, make sure each sentence have a
subject, make sure your subject and each sentence agree with each
other, check the verb tenses of each sentence, and make sure that
each sentence makes sense. You also can check the style and
organization of your essay. Make sure that your essay have an
introduction, supporting paragraph and a summary paragraph. Check
that you have a thesis statement that identifies the main idea of the
essay. Check that all of your paragraphs follow the proper paragraph
format. See if your essay is interesting.
5. Publishing Essay
Make a paper copy of your essay, show your work to your teacher,
tutor or parents, Ask them for suggestions to improve your writing.
 There are eight kind of
essay:
1. Definition Essay
In definition essay,you take
an idea and write about
what is it. Definition usually
combine with classification
or other form of essay.
2. Classification Essay
You separate things or ideas in to specific categories, discuss each of
them, and add some example.
3. Description Essay
You write about a person, place, or thing is like. Then organize it by
describing different parts or aspects of the main idea.

4. Compare and contrast Essay

You write about the similarities and differences between two or more
people, places or things. You can start with writing one subject and
then comparing it with the second subject by category, this will be an
effective way to write.
5. Sequence Essay
You are writing to describe a series
of events or a process in some sort
of order based on time, and you
should organize it in the order it
happened.
6. Choice Essay
You need to choose which object, idea or action that you prefer. Then
you must describing each option and giving your opinion.
7. Explanation Essay
You explain how or why something is happens or has happened and
explaining each individual cause and effect.
8. Evaluation Essay
 You make judgements about people, ideas, and possible actions.
Make your evaluation based on your certain criteria. Organize the
essay by discussing the criteria you used to make the judgement.

To find a large number of idea, you can do research. And the most
obvious place to start your research is the library. There would be a lot of
books, magazines, newspaper and archive material. Another way to
catch your idea is visiting places and interviewing ‘expert’ in their fields.
Make sure your question is relevant and don`t forget to write them
down. Remember, avoid plagiarism by copying a huge of material. If you
have to take some of material, don`t forget to put quotation marks
around the quote and acknowledge its source.

References:

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http://www.howto.co.uk/writing/writing-
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http://www.palgrave.com/skills4study/studyskills/reading/writing.asp#Ma
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Livingston, K. (2010). Guide to Writing A Basic Essay. Retrieved from:
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