{"id":38,"date":"2017-10-12T20:30:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T00:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/philosophywritingtutor\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2017-10-12T20:30:36","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T00:30:36","slug":"general-tips-for-writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/philosophywritingtutor\/general-tips-for-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"General Tips for Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Start Early<\/strong>: Put your thoughts on paper long before you expect to turn in the assignment. At this stage, do not worry about your prose.\u00a0 Have a conversation about your ideas with someone in class.\u00a0 After &#8220;sleeping on it,&#8221; return to the argument to see if it still convinces you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outline<\/strong>: Start with an outline of the paper. Even a rough map of where you are going is better than none at all.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left:30px\">I. Introduction<br \/>\nII. State Descartes&#8217; argument<br \/>\nIII. Offer my objection<br \/>\nIV. Consider a possible reply by Descartes<br \/>\nV. Give a counter-reply to Descartes&#8217; move.<\/p>\n<p>You may even divide your paper up according to your outline, with section headings in the text.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Introductory paragraph<\/strong>: Do not settle on an introductory paragraph until the paper is in its final form.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Revision<\/strong>: Expect to revise the paper several times before you turn it in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Computer vs. Handwritten<\/strong>: Some people compose their papers on computer. Others write on paper first, and then type out the finished product on computer or typewriter. Follow your own habit here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start Early: Put your thoughts on paper long before you expect to turn in the assignment. At this stage, do not worry about your prose.\u00a0 Have a conversation about your ideas with someone in class.\u00a0 After &#8220;sleeping on it,&#8221; return to the argument to see if it still convinces you. Outline: Start with an outline &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/philosophywritingtutor\/general-tips-for-writing\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;General Tips for Writing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":862,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-38","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/philosophywritingtutor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/philosophywritingtutor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/philosophywritingtutor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/philosophywritingtutor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/862"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/philosophywritingtutor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/philosophywritingtutor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39,"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/philosophywritingtutor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/38\/revisions\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.williams.edu\/philosophywritingtutor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}