Creative Thinking When Writing/
Etiquette of Paper.
Lateral Thinking
indirect way of gathering materials.
Creative approach
Innovative thinking when it comes to writing
Vertical Thinking Approach
uses information that is more credible.
Selective
analytic
Sequential
external data
Main topic
What Will be the central Idea of your paper?
How will you find information on the topic?
Introduction?
Cite sources but do not over do it
Use broad topics then narrow your selections
Talk about what you aim to do and the importance of it .
Do not give to much credit to one single point.
Clearly state the topic and research question
Give an over view of what you plan to write about
Body Paragraph
Topic sentence should prepare audience.
Supporting sentence should back up your main points.
Concluding sentence should wrap up your main points
Should Support your main thesis.
Use good paragraph breaks throughout so points can be organized.
Conclusion
Topic sentence. should rephrase thesis
Introduction should be used as a guide.
Summarize Main Ideas.
explain how the ideas fit together
Appeal to the reader.
Last sentence should connect back to the introduction
Add a sense of closure for the reader
Evaluation
What goals do you want to reach?
Is your content good?
Did you meet these goals?
Did you use good grammar?
Is your story captivating?
Points to check off.
Who does the story talk about?
When does it take place?
How will you use this in your story?
Why will you use this in your story?
How did you get to a certain point?
What is going on in your story?
Mind-Mapping
Uses whole brain thinking
Can be software driven
non-linear
boosts creativity
Flexible time management
Helps you learn new concepts.
analysis
descriptive
prescriptive
Diagnostics
predictive
Descriptive- asked what happened from past data
Prescriptive-involves all of these to determine what direction you want to take.
Predictive- What is likely to happen, and what can happen
Diagnostics- What happened and why did it happen.