Writing techniques.

In our last class we were practicing three different writing techniques:

• The first one consisted in making topics from general themes. At first it was a little confusing because we couldn’t think about specific titles but then it became easier and easier.

• The second one was a brainstorming about one of the previous topics. You had to write ideas that came to your mind which were related to the main topic, even things that didn’t seem to be directly related to the subject. They would finally get joined together.

• In the last one, you had to make a kind of map with all the ideas of the previous techniques and connect them so that even the ones that seem to have no relation with the topic are included in the list.

In my opinion after using these three techniques, the most useful is the second one. It helps you to know what to write about in your essay and not to forget about anything. I’ve used this method several times. I use it sometimes to write essays but when I mostly use it is when I have to prepare a topic for an oral exam. I really recommend it if you have to do an essay about a hard theme or if you need to improvise a speech and they give you a couple of minutes.

All in all, I think that this was a very useful class even though at first it didn’t seem to be important.