How To Write Essays

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Question:

When you're writing an essay, and you've settled on an idea to write about, what's the next step?

My Reply:

Here are the easy ways to write an essay:
1) Make an outline of the points you want to touch on. In this, decide also on the conclusion that you want to come to in the end...what's the point of writing it? What do you want the reader to get from it?
2) Number the points for the order in which you want to write about them.
3) Start typing/writing. You can use each point as the subject of a paragraph. So if you've got 5 points, you may have 5 paragraphs.

 

I’ve used these methods while earning my Master degree, and when producing radio commercials and promos.

 ---Pastor Andy

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How to get copyrights for poems?

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Question:  I have written a few poems that I want to get copyrights for.  Do you have any ideas of how to get the copyrights?

  

My Reply:

You should be able to check online for copyrights (or one of the links to the right).
Although in college (back in about 1992), I did learn of a fast, easy, and almost free (and very legal) way of getting it Trade-marked (showing that you were the original writer/composer), and it's easier than you'd think:
1) Put your name on them
2) Copy them (photocopy would be best)
3) Place the originals into a manila envelope
4) Mail them to yourself
5) When it's delivered to you, store it in a safe place (don't ever open the envelope!).
 If you ever have to go to court about who wrote the originals, the postmarked date will prove the timeline for when they were written. Don't open the envelope until you're in the court session in the presence of everybody so they can see that it was sealed before the date marked.
 It's all legal, and legit.

---Pastor Andy

A letter to my aunt

Question: I miss my aunt, so I'm writing her a letter.  She's a great woman, and does a lot for her country.  We also have a great relationship, she's like my big sister!  What else should I put in the letter?

My reply:

That's awesome, I'm sure she'd love to hear from you!
Why not mention all the things that you admire about her...why do you see her as a great woman?
Express what you like about your relationship with her (you said she's like your big sister...explain that to her...what it means, and why it means so much to you).

---Pastor Andy

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