Back to the Lake: A Reader for Writers by Thomas Cooley

Back to the Lake: A Reader for Writers by thomas cooley. Chapter 2 summary.

Planning

Managing your time

Thinking about purpose and audience

Finding a topic

Generating ideas

Freewriting

Looping

Keeping lists

Brainstorming

Clustering

Asking who, what, where, why, and how

Keeping a journal

Organizing and drafting

Stating your point

Making an outline

Using the basic methods of development:

Narration

Description

Example

Process

Comparison and contrast

Definition

Cause and effect

Argument

The parts of an essay

Developing paragraphs

Using visuals

Revising

Reading a draft with critical eye

Getting response before revising

Editing and proofreading

Editing sentences

Editing words

Editing