FROM TOPIC TO

PRESENTATION: Making

Choices to Develop

Your Writing

Beth L. Hewett

CHOOSING A TOPIC

BRAINSTORMING

TIME TRAVEL

TELEPORTATION

BRAINSTORMING

ATTRIBUTE CHANGE

GAP FILLING

BRAINSTORMING

GROUP Ideation

BRAINSTORMING

MIND MAP

BRAINSTORMING

REVERSE THINKING

CHALLENGER

Writing an initial, or

“zero,” draft

Why ? ? ? A Zero Draft:

1. Encourages brevity and clarity.

2. Frees you to generate ideas first,

before focusing on formal

outlines.

Writing an initial, or

“zero,” draft

Why ? ? ? A Zero Draft:

3. Helps ensure complete content.

4. Captures ideas quickly in case

you are interrupted.

Writing an initial, or

“zero,” draft

Writing an initial, or

“zero,” draft

Put each

main idea on a

separate piece of

paper to allow

greater

flexibility

Writing an initial, or

“zero,” draft

Eliminate

the ideas

that are

unnecessary

Writing a preliminary

draft

Do more research

Writing a preliminary

draft

Make sure you attribute anything you are

putting in your paper to the appropriate

source

to try to express the

informed opinion

through a coherent

assertion

Writing a preliminary

draft

Make revision

choices based

on your

own

thinking

Writing a preliminary

draft

After finished

this draft,

post it for

others to

review.

Using others feedback

to revise

• SPELLCHECKING &

PROOFREADING;

• HELPFUL ADVICE;

Using others feedback

to revise • COMPARE READERS REACTION & AUTHOR INTENTION

(AUTHOR EXPLAINs CHOICES).

Using others feedback

to revise

• DISCUSS DIFFERENT POINTS-OF-VIEW;

Completing a

presentation draft

• THE WAY A GROUP OF PEOPLE CAN

WORK COLLABORATIVELY IN THE SAME

PRESENTATION OVER THE INTERNET.

• EXAMPLES: WIKISPACE, SOCIAL

NETWORKS, MOODLE.

how to make these

processes work for you

how to make these

processes work for you

• Using feedback for revision is always

necessary;

• Try to be able to explain your choices;

• Write the ideas in short expressions;

• Use brief quotations – not plagiarism;

• Organize your ideas in a logical way, using

link words;

• Check spelling, grammar and punctuation.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Hewett, Beth L., From Topic to Presentation: Making

Choices to Develop Your Writing

• http://personalexcellence.co/blog/25-brainstorming-

techniques

• http://www.uliveandlearn.com/newsletters/biztips_20

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