Introduction To Writing

Introduction
A student with excellent writing skill is absolutely

impressive.
Writing skills are specific abilities which help writers put
their thoughts into words in a meaningful form and to
mentally interact with the message.
Observable writing skill may be achieved not just in one
session but through more practice and self-discipline as
well.
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Some writing skills:
1. Comprehensibility understanding that writing is
communicating messages or information
2. Fluency recognizing the linear sequence of sounds,
mastering writing motions and letter shapes,
recognizing the chunking of words, and the need for
space between words.
3. Creativity the ability to write freely
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As college students, you are expected to write on the
given topic in different disciplines.
This way, your writing skills are developed and enhanced.
This may ultimately impress your teachers, peers, and
would be employers as well as clienteles.
This will be one of your assets that a company needs
nowadays.
Ws and H in Writing
What will you write?

Why write?
Who will write?
To or for whom will you write?
Where will you write?
When will you write?
How will you write?
What will you write?

Explains the topic or the subject.
something which may be given to you
solution to an observed scenario or problem
Any writing activity has its own topic or subject, be it
expressed or implied.
Why write?
Purpose of your writing
to share learning
to publicize inventive, creative or fresh thinking
to seek an action
to entertain
to inform or share to others
just to express your views
Reasons Why People Write

1. Improve academic performance
It is itself a means of learning
You can achieve deeper insight by writing out your own
thoughts.
Allows you to see where further development is needed and
to analyze details
Very helpful in preparing for examinations of the essay type

2. Allows one to create and maintain a marketable image
of oneself in the eyes of potential and current employers
A person who produces a good writing is usually presumed
to have a logical mind
People involved in business related fields must be skilled in
interacting with different kinds of people
Promotion opportunities need an ability to write well

3. Enhances personal and community relationships
Communicating with family, friends and others
Persuading your community
Preparing memoranda or newsletters

4. Makes a special contribution to the way people think
Writing is actually composing meanings
Facts and ideas are put together to produce something new
We create an intricate web of meaning in which sentences
have special relationship with each other
As writers, we can forge new meanings.

5. Contributes uniquely to the way we learn
Writing enables us to sort out information and to highlight the
essentials when we take notes in class
Taking notes help us to retrieve information
Outlining or summarizing new information provide and
overview of the subject
Make marginal comments to our readings
Enables us to converse or even debate with the author
Helps us to think more critically and learn more effectively

6. Contributes to personal development
According to Roald Dahl, writing is a form of therapy.
We explore and tell about our personal experiences and
inner thoughts thus, we become real thinkers and active
learners
To or for whom will you write?

The audience/readers are the main persons involved in a
piece of writing
Other persons like the characters mentioned in your
writing may also be considered
Audience for a paper affects the language, the content
and the form
Express ideas according to the readers level of understanding
When will you write?

If you have all the information needed, then it is about
time to start writing
Gathering information about your topic is very important
help you avoid or lessen difficulty in terms of expanding the
ideas
assures no waste of time
Where to write?
The most recommended place is the library or a place
where you can concentrate a place that is free from
distraction
Consider the material/ paper to write on
Paper size
Margin
Font and font size
How will you write?

Various writing and presentation styles
Come up with an outline to arrange your ideas
Different disciplines might have different formats
Writing in the Humanities
Writing in the Social Sciences
Writing in the Sciences
More Helpful Tips on Effective Writing

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Adopt attention-interest-desire-action to inspire the reader

Bring out reasons why they should believe in you
Use language that is within the level of the readers
Use headings, subheadings if necessary (easy to scan
documents are often read than documents with long paragraphs)
5. Use catchy headers

6. Add illustrations or charts to break up the text

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Introduction

A student with excellent writing skill is absolutely

What will you write?

What will you write?

Reasons Why People Write

Reasons Why People Write

Reasons Why People Write

Reasons Why People Write

Reasons Why People Write

Reasons Why People Write

To or for whom will you write?

When will you write?

How will you write?

More Helpful Tips on Effective Writing

Adopt attention-interest-desire-action to inspire the reader

5. Use catchy headers

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