Listing is a several techniques done as a pre-writing stage. This technique helps some beginners to collect ideas and put them in coherency. Listing can be done by:
1. Write the title of the passage at front
2. List some words that convey your thought towards the title
3. Cross out unnecessary idea
4. Rewrite the points of thought in coherent
5. Write a passage.
Here is the detail example of listing
1. Write the title of the passage
Here, we have an idea of why writing is very important. We can choose "The Importance of Friendship" as the title.
2. List some words that convey your thought towards the title
After the title is fixed, we can write any ideas in our mind related to friendship.
Clarification
Friendship
Positive thinking
Prejudice
Misunderstanding
3. Cross out unnecessary idea and 4. Rewrite the points of thought in coherent
After all, cross out what should be omitted, and scan for their coherency. Then, rewrite the points again to visualize us how to put them in paragraph, like this below..
1.Friendship
2.Positive
thinking
3.Prejudice
4.Misunderstanding
5.Clarification
5. Write a passage.
Friendship is the most important thing in
our live. It is important because we are human beings who need to share. Our
friends always help us as we help them. When some of them are good, some are bad. They make us
laugh as well as they make us cry. Thing unites us towards our differences
is positive thinking.
However, we sometimes destroy our
friendship without any purpose. Ego often blinds us about positive side of our
friend. For example when we have problems, no body helps. In this situation, we
often think negatively. Some ones unwisely get angry and break friendship without any confirmation. We must avoid something like this happens in our relationship.
Friendship is not only sharing when it is needed. Beyond everything, friendship is more to build understanding and to gain openness one to another. Either asking or giving clarification is needed in friendship. By this, friendship will long last for both side for good.
The bold words refer to points in listing display. Remember, writing is a free style of someone under conventional rule, of course. Do not be afraid to write. Do not stop writing. Even ten-time writing does not guarantee your rich writing ability. So, never give up to write again...and again.
