When B Miller writes...

When writing papers and assignments for English or any class for that matter, it is always a preference of mine to make a solid outline, and to do extensive research and planning on my topic before sitting down to actually write my paper. This outline usually is developed in many drafts, a lot of highlighting and crossing out is done, and a lot of arrows and asterisks’ are used, spread among several sheets of paper. This helps me get all my thoughts and notes on paper, right before my eyes, which as a definite visual thinker, is a great aid to writing. Usually this process of writing a paper, if I can have my way, is spread out, I very rarely can just sit down and type out a paper, and the location in which I tend to work varies from my apartment, in class, in the library, or when I am out studying. To get the most out of my paper, I clearly depict every part of my essay topic and break it down into sections, that usually end up being well developed paragraphs. Most of my papers go through great preparation before becoming completely written out, but by the time everything is all typed, and the spell check has been done, if there is not a mandatory pre-edit by a peer, no one, not even myself re-reads my final paper. This process is roughly the same for all the papers I write, mainly because I have come to find that it is fairly successful.