Hi, everyone. I am My Nguyen. I am a third year student of English in a Vietnamese University. I have covered the steps of writing last year, so I would like to share with you what I have learnt.

There are several steps as follow when you write in English

1. Choose the topic

- If the topic was given, you dont have to choose the topic

- If the topic was not given, you can choose a big subject, and then narrow down to make your own topic. For example, "Education" is a subject, "What makes a good teacher?" is a topic. You work on the topic, not the subject.

Note: You should make your topic neither too large nor too narrow.

2. Brainstorm to find out the ideas of your writing

- You can make a list of what comes to your mind when you think about the topic, then group them in 2-3 big ideas.

- You can also use Mind-map to develop your ideas

3. Make an outline

- Put the main ideas first

- Each main ideas should have 2-3 supporting ideas

4. Write your paragrah/ essay

There are also some tips that you can make use of to make a good writing:

- Introduction: The topic sentence should include both the topic and denote the way you want to organize your ideas.

For example: Students should not do part-time jobs for 2 reasons.

The topic is "students should not do part time jobs". The organization of your writing is two paragraphs (2 reasons)

- Try to make use of conjunctions to make your writing coherent.

- Include 2-3 main ideas in your writing only.

If there is any wonder about my discussion, please give me some replies. Hope that my tips can somewhat help you to make better writings. Thank you for your reading. Wish you success in writing skills.