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Writing workshop

As someone who hasn't written an essay for a number of years the writing workshop with Peter Thomas couldn't have come at a better time. I'm currently in the midst of writing my module 1 essay and Peter provided that bit of extra clarity I needed. One of the most helpful things from the workshop was when writing your essay to; Generate:  Don't worry about the reader.  List, free write, mind map (document your thoughts), dictate. Organise:  Map relationships between ideas (more mind maps). Group ideas. Find themes. Present:  How does it sound. Proof read. Think about the reader. Write -------- Review -------- Rewrite  I've been trying to take my mountain of notes along with a very brief outline of how I'd like my essay to look and type them straight into a perfectly formed piece of writing. It hasn't been working and the idea of freely writing my essay without thinking about the reader to begin with (although probably quite obvious really) was a bit of a l