___________[A]To make revising easier, leave wide margins and extra space between lines

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[A]Tomakerevisingeasier,leavewidemarginsandextr aspacebetweenlinessothatyoucaneasilyaddwords,sentences,andcorrections.Writeononlyonesideofthepaper.

[B]Afteryouhaveclearlyandadequatelydevelopedthebodyofyourpaper,payparticularattentiontotheintr oductoryandconcludingparagraphs.It’sprobablybesttowritetheintr oductionlast,afteryouknowpreciselywhatyouareintr oducing.Concludingparagraphsdemandequalattentionbecausetheyleavethereaderwithafinalimpression.

[C]It’sworthremembering,however,thatthoughacleancopyfreshoffaprintermaylookterrific,itwillreadonlyaswellasthethinkingandwritingthathavegoneintoit.Manywritersprudentlystoretheirdataondisksandprinttheirpageseachtimetheyfinishadrafttoavoidlosinganymaterialbecauseofpowerfailuresorotherproblems.

[D]Itmakesnodifferencehowyouwrite,justsoyoudo.Nowthatyouhavedevelopedatopicintoatentativethesis,youcanassembleyournotesandbegintofleshoutwhateveroutlineyouhavemade.

[E]Althoughthisisaninterestingissue,ithasnothingtodowiththethesis,whichexplainshowthesettinginfluencesSammy’sdecisiontoquithisjob.Insteadofincludingthatparagraph,sheaddedonethatd escribedLengel’scrabbedresponsetothegirlssothatshecouldleaduptotheA&P“policy”heenforces.

[F]Inthefinalparagraphaboutthesignificanceofthesettingin“A&P,”thestudentbringstogetherthereasonsSammyquithisjobbyreferringtohisrefusaltoacceptLengel’sstorepolicies.

[G]Byusingthefirstd raftasameansofthinkingaboutwhatyouwanttosay,youwillverylikelydiscovermorethanyournotesoriginallysuggested.Plentyofgoodwritersdon’tuseoutlinesatallbutd iscoverorderingprinciplesastheywrite.Donotattempttocomposeaperfectlycorrectd raftthefirsttimearound.