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.