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Essay Writing and Executive Functioning: How to work on both at the same time
“What does done look like?”
You can apply this question to many different tasks:
“What will my meal look like when I’m all done making it? Will it be crispy? Will it be burnt? Will the bread be white, brown, or black?”
“What will it look like when I’m done organizing my closet? Will it be organized by color, season, or clothing type?”
When we start with what done will look like, we can take the necessary steps to get there.
Today we are applying that question to writing essays. Once you’ve looked at and fully digested the essay prompt, you can now think about what “done” would look like.
For example, what would “done” look like if you were given the following prompt…
The Best Way to Start an Essay
There’s one absolute first step in writing a good essay, starting a great proposal, and writing a book report.
Look 👏 at 👏 the 👏 prompt.
I often find that the clients I work with skim the prompt, get a vague idea to “summarize the book,” and want to jump right into writing. They want to be DONE WITH IT ALREADY.
They have video games to play, friends to see, and usually a lot more work to get done before tomorrow.
But how are you supposed to write a good essay, report, or proposal if you don’t know what they are asking for?!
Hi, I’m Hollis, the owner of Mindful Speech.
I’m a speech-language pathologist licensed in Illinois and Colorado.
I specialize in providing speech therapy to help children, teens, and young adults to improve language, reading, writing, and executive functioning skills.
Learn more about me on my About Hollis page.