RAW 4TH MASTERY

• Why am I writing?

  The author must ask themselves this question preceding the actual writing process
• What do I want to achieve after writing?

  The author must ask themselves this question preceding the actual writing process
• What are my competencies and limitations in writing?

  The author must ask themselves this question preceding the actual writing process
• Who are my target or intended audience/readers?

  The author must ask themselves this question preceding the actual writing process
• Purposes of writing


  • Writing for leisure, expressing through writing (literature)
  • Academic writing
  • Writing for work/corporate fields
• Book review


  • Looking at the book as a literary work itself
  • Analyzing the author as the most significant factor affecting how and why it's written
  • Compare-and-contrast analysis
  • Analyzing the book's setting
• Book reviews are done to analyze a book based on its contribution to the society where the author resides, serving its cultural or historical importance
• Article summary


  • Brief and concise summary of the main points presented
  • Gives all the necessary background information
  • Can go in multiple paragraphs or forms, provides specific details about the article's setting, problem, methodologies, results, and discussions
  • Synthesizing everything that is contained within the text, overall comment as to whether the article is recommended or not, done in objective tone
• Project proposal


  • Presents the title, names of the proponents, and brief introduction of the proposed project
  • Goals it wishes to accomplish, written in declarative statement and are usually three or more
  • Tackles the different ways of how the proposed project is intended to be executed, project's aimed data, venue, and target's participants
  • List of materials needed for the proposed project is presented (budget and itinerary of expenses)
  • For validation process, for confirmation like conflicts, 2 to 3 contact personnel is enough (name, contact, e-mail, availability)
• Types of evidence


  • Generally true and known facts that remain true over an extent of time
  • Results from a systematic data collection that can be a valid source of information, can create your own statistics
  • Statements coming from one's experience, subjective but also a credible proof of a phenomenon
  • Most difficult data to present, can be made unbiased by further providing back-up evidences or critically providing reasoning