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Chapter20:WritingaParagraph:GeneratingIdeasThoughtLinesThefirststepsinthewritingprocessarethemostcrucialfordevelopingawell-writtenunifiedparagraph.ThesestepsarecalledThoughtLines.Takingthetimetodevelopandfocusyourideaswillensuregoodwriting.Ideasforwritingcanbedevelopedinthreebasicways:freewriting,brainstorming,andjournaling.Eachtechniquehelpsyougenerateideasonabroadtopic.Thoseideascanbecomethespecificideayouwanttodevelopintoaparagraph.Onceyouhavegeneratedideas,theycanbeorganizedbygroupingtheideasinyourlistandthenlabelingeachgrouporbycreatingamaporclusterofrelatedideas.Onceyouhaveevaluatedyourgroupsofideas,youcandevelopatopicsentencethatreflectsthepointyouwanttomakeaboutyourideas.Atopicsentenceisasinglesentencethatconveysthemainideayouwanttomake.Yourparagraphwillthenusemanyofthedetailsyougeneratedthroughyourbrainstormingtosupportthetopicsentence.Agoodtopicsentencewillbenarrowenoughtobethoroughlysupportedinasingleparagraph,butnotsonarrowthatthereisnotenoughideatosupport.Agoodtopicsentencealsoisn`tsobroadthatitcan`tbethoroughlysupportedinasingleparagraph.Alwaysremember-onlyoneideaineachparagraph.Onceyouhavecompletedthesesteps,thethoughtlines,youwillbereadyforthenextstepinthewritingprocess-outlines.