Becky Lyons
Graphic Writing Techniques

Utilizing graphic writing techniques when writing a paper can be very useful because it helps you organize your information and see what you want to use or what other areas you might want to find information for. Using graphic techniques, such as making a web of ideas, helps you brainstorm during the initial writing process. This can narrow your ideas and allow you to see what you really want to focus on or what areas can be left out. It also shows you how much information or prior knowledge about the subject that you have and how much you have left to research. Using these graphic techniques can come in handy whether you are making a large web of ideas concerning many different topics or even if you are just making a smaller one concerning only one basic idea.