Talking about Essay

“I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I'm very good at doing that, but I don't like it. It sort of takes a lot of the fun out.”
- Neil Gaiman.
Writing is a medium. It is like a bridge that is connecting our mind, ideas, expression, ideas and all, to the reality. I mean like, when you write something, certainly you would pour down your ideas to a piece of papers. Then, readers would know the ideas you have poured so they might be agreed with the thing you have written. Or, maybe not – well, there will always pros and cons in everything, yes? And we are not going to talk about pros and cons here.
However, seeing the analogical sentence above, if writing is a bridge then a good bridge is a strong bridge that can hold whatever passed upon it safely. So it would be a similar utterance with, a good writing is a strong medium that holds any ideas, arguments, thoughts, etc. safely to the minds of readers.
Well, let’s begin to think about how we build a bridge. There will never a bridge when we don’t mind the foundation. Or, you may forget about readers and all if you don’t have a topic – even you don’t have any topics, it could be a topic too. So, take one as a foundation to your writing. When you already have it, write it on your writing draft as an outline. Because, you will be working like an architect in doing a process of writing, an architect usually has some kind of construction draft and blueprints. The difference is, you are an architect of words instead of building. So you need the draft as your essay’s blueprint.
A good architect will certainly choose the best materials for the building. For, the works would represent the architect’s credibility when the building has successfully built. Of course, an architect of words, a writer, would show no difference. A writer would take the proper materials in composing an essay. For an example, if we are going to write about Rendang, of course we wouldn’t add something that is not related to it as a supporting ideas or arguments. More the same like an architect, if the architect is building a railroad, then the architect doesn’t need asphalt as the railroad’s material.
After finding materials and put it on your outline draft, it would be the exact time to take first execution. Before that, brainstorming activities and little research with friends could be useful. Writing actually doesn’t need much of formula to calculate its appropriateness. But, it does need certain knowledge and, brainstorming helps us on getting that.
In the execution part, we sometimes troubled by creating sentence, keeping the consistency of the writing’s flow, taking a good decision on words choice, or else. In this case, the best suggestion and solution is just keep doing. Therefore, when it’s done, re-read the works and you could make an editing on it. Remember, a good bridge holds whatever passed upon it safely.
Criticism is unavoidable when you have published your work. Yet, it often could make you feel down when somebody is showing disagreement or, for worst; someone might said that your works is not worthy to read. Or, you may also say that reading this essay is a waste of time. But that is criticism. If we couldn’t see the bright side of it or, take it as a motivation, then we will never be better. Again, criticism is only a matter of pros and cons. And, this essay is not meant to talk about it.