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However, students are so accustomed to the high school routine–cram as much information into as many pages as possible at the last minute–that they shortchange the writing process.

It¡¯s time to wash the kitchen sink approach to writing down the drain and start afresh, ugly metaphor and all.

Next: Crafting thesis statements.

After a career in journalism that started in the 1970s, Gary McCarty is now semi-retired and facilitating university classes while writing and producing his Weblog, http://grammarsucks.com.