Explaining a Concept

Draft your explanation.

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By this point, you have done a lot of research and writing to

focus your explanation and develop a working thesis statement;
try out writing strategies that can help you explain your concept;
create an outline for presenting that information;
come up with ways to smoothly integrate your sources;
consider opening sentences.

Now stitch that material together to create a draft. As you do so, you will notice that some of the sentences you have written based on the sentence strategies in this chapter feel awkward or forced. If so, revise them, retaining the content but experimenting with new ways to present them. The next two parts of this Guide to Writing will help you evaluate and improve your draft.