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Concise writing program :

TO BE USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EXPANDED ESSAY CHECKLIST


PART 1: TOPIC AND READING LIST
Topics
Put these in question form. 
1. 
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. 
7. 
8. 
9. 
10.
Reading
Reading 1. 

Reading 2.  

Reading 3.  

Reading 4.  

Reading 5.  

Reading 6.  

Reading 7.  

Reading 8.  

Reading 9.  

Reading 10.

PART 2: THE OUTLINE


ENTER TOPIC HERE:
Outline sentence 1:
Outline sentence 2:
Outline sentence 3:
Outline sentence 4:
Outline sentence 5:
Outline sentence 6:
Outline sentence 7:
Outline sentence 8:
Outline sentence 9:
Outline sentence 10 (repeat if necessary):
PART 3: PARAGRAPHS
OUTLINE COPIED HERE
Now, write ten to fifteen sentences per outline heading to complete your paragraph. 
PART 4:  EDITING SENTENCES 
Copy the first paragraph of your first draft here. Separate sentences into their own line(s):
Paragraph 1: 
Write another version of each sentence, under each sentence:
Repeat for each paragraph:
New paragraph 2:
New paragraph 3: 
New paragraph 4:
New paragraph 5: 
PART 5 ARRANGING THE SENTENCES WITHIN PARAGRAPHS
Copy the paragraphs again here
New paragraph 1 (copy):
New paragraph 2 (copy):
New paragraph 3 (copy): 
New paragraph 4 (copy):
New paragraph 5 (copy): 
Break a paragraph up into single sentences and check to see if the sentences are in the best
possible order.
You can also eliminate sentences that are no longer necessary. Then repeat for the remaining
paragraphs
PART 6: RE-ORDERING THE PARAGRAPHS
Now, copy all of the new, improved paragraphs that you have edited here:
New improved paragraph 1:
New improved paragraph 2:
New improved paragraph 3: 
New improved paragraph 4:
New improved paragraph 5 (etc.): 
Now you are going to try to improve the order of those new, improved paragraphs. Copy them
here, again, unchanged. 
New improved paragraph 1 (copy):
New improved paragraph 2 (copy):
New improved paragraph 3 (copy): 
New improved paragraph 4 (copy):
New improved paragraph 5 (copy) (etc.): 
PART 7: GENERATING A NEW OUTLINE
Paste and read your essay aloud
FULL RE-ORDERED ESSAY HERE: 

Recreate your outline from memory (Don’t go back to look at it) in order to simplify it.
Write new outline here:
1. New outline sentence 1:
2. New outline sentence 2:
3. New outline sentence 3:
4. New outline sentence 4:
5. New outline sentence 5:
6. New outline sentence 6:
7. New outline sentence 7:
8. New outline sentence 8:
9. New outline sentence 9:
10. New outline sentence 10 (repeat if necessary):
Then take info from the last draft and place in the new order below
PASTE NEWLY OUTLINED ESSAY HERE: This is likely a final draft
PART 8: FORMAT AND ADD REFERENCE SHEET
Here Peterson went into the classic warnings of plagiarism and recommends APA for essay
writers

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