#  The Writing Process: Beginning the Work 

 





 Semester:   Spring 

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 Year offered:  2022 

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 Link: [Course Website](https://carc.extension.harvard.edu/event/writing-process-beginning-work-2022?de…) 

 

 

 

 This lecture gives students the basic skills to begin a first draft, including writing a precis, finding a model for your paper, gathering and organizing evidence, and shaping a good thesis question. Our goal here is not perfect, just planned out.

 These valuable writing skills can be used to begin any piece of source-based nonfiction, whether in the realm of business, science, social sciences, or humanities. The lecture will end with a Q&A opportunity.

 This is the first of a three part series titled "The Writing Process."