Strategies for Planning Your Writing
Sometimes it helps to create order before you begin writing. You should decide a few things before you begin:
1. Who are your readers? What are your readers looking for? What do they know or want to know? What opinions do they have?
2. What is your purpose of writing? What do you wish to accomplish in your writing? Are you writing an article, a story, a novel, a college paper? Do you want your readers to smile, think or agree with you? Do you want them to understand something?
3. How can you narrow your focus? Which slant would best fit your purpose for writing? What points would most appeal to your readers? What details would engage or persuade them?
Most effective writing is centered or unified around a main point. All your sub-points and details should be relevant to that point. Even if you are writing books for pleasure, your story will have one central theme or point and all the details or scenarios that your characters will go through should lead up to that one main point or conclusion.
Some writers have the ability to sit down and begin writing without a plan. Most of us require some sort of structure. Having a plan can help you write better material by helping you focus on the main point. It helps you stay on topic.
Patti Stafford
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