Thoughts on Drafting

After reading and editing drafts in class, we were tasked with answering some questions on the advice the A Student's Guide to First-Year Writing 36th edition by Brad Jacobson, Madelyn Paulowshi, and Emma Miller. The questions are at the bottom of this blog post

1: Arguably one of the most important advice the book gives is on the draft's flow. The flow being important for the QRG genre as you want the reader to be able to easily understand and follow what the writer is saying. All the introduction tips are useful, especially the tips regarding the thesis. The intro is the first thing people are going to be seeing when reading the work after the title. If you can't hook them and convey what you're going to be saying, well why even bother writing the rest (still do write the rest if your introduction isn't quite up to snuff.)

http://grin.hq.nasa.gov/ABSTRACTS/GPN-2000-001839.html

2: Now for the not as helpful, but still good advice. It is my opinion that rewording major claims in one's conclusion is not the most helpful of advice for QRGs. While it is still helpful and useful, it just isn't as helpful as some of the other conclusion advice, such as a call to action.