An essay is an opus in several paragraphs on a topic or problem that contains opinions and is subjective. This view must be logical and well understood. The arguments presented in the essay must be supported by facts, so that the writing does not become fiction or the imagination of the author.
1. Determine the purpose of writing an essay
2. Create essay themes
- After we have known what the purpose of this essay is, we must determine the theme or topic of this essay. But we have to determine a specific theme. Avoid themes or topics that are too general in discussion, because later it will be difficult for us to develop this essay.
- Before writing an essay, create a question or keyword for the topic of your writing. You can define keywords that interest you.
3. Collecting Materials
- If you have determined the topic to be written, the next step is that we must collect material to support our essay. Essays are subjective writings in the form of the author's views with qualified material for the essay topic.
- This research is needed to find evidence that can help us in constructing an argument. We can use various types of sources, but we must ensure that the sources we use are trustworthy. We can do a search on the internet which will help us in finding information that supports our essay. Don't forget, we must make sure the sources we use are clear.
4. Designing Outlines or Outlines of Writing
- The step in writing an essay enters the technical phase, which is designing an outline or writing outline. Creating an outline for this paper aims to make it easier for us to design essay ideas. This format can be made in the format of a short and concise list of sentences, this is what we will develop later to produce a good essay.
- An easy way to create an outline is to create questions:
a. What topic do you want to studyb. What do you want to know
5. Developing Writing According to the Framework that Has Been Made
6. Create Paragraphs with Good, Effective Sentences, and Correct Diction
7. Essay editing process
a. Reread what we wrote carefully.
b. Re-examine sentence by sentence so that it is logical and makes sense.
c. Check whether there is a typing error.
d. Check punctuation, and more.