{"id":751,"date":"2018-07-28T06:10:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T13:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vendor.hub.wp.nau.edu\/nisf\/general-writing-tips\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T21:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T21:23:27","slug":"tips-for-writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/nisf\/tips-for-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing Tips<\/h1>\n
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START HERE<\/h2>\n

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Download the Writing Guide<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n

Watch the Writing Video<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Get Started on the Writing:<\/h3>\n
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  • Research the Award and the Sponsor\/Organization. As you begin to write, use \u201ctheir\u201d language.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Read through the Application several times.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Print the Application and highlight the key points in all the prompts.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • For each prompt:<\/span>\n
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    • Storyboard<\/strong>. Use sticky notes on your wall for key words\/phrases for examples that illustrate the answers to the prompts. Move them around to see what story fits best in which prompt.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Free Write<\/strong> your answers to each prompt. Don\u2019t leave any story out. Write more now; Cut down later.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Reverse Outline<\/strong>. Pick out the key points from your Free Writes and create an outline that distills your essay\u2019s \u201dframe\u201d:<\/span>\n
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      • Hook. Grab the readers\u2019 attention.<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Examples. Specific and relatable.<\/span><\/li>\n
      • Closer. Summarize your main point.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Create a Unifying Theme throughout the application that describes you and your proposed project\/study.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n

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        Writing Tips Download the Writing Guide Watch the Writing Video Get Started on the Writing: Research the Award and the Sponsor\/Organization. As you begin to write, use \u201ctheir\u201d language. Read through the Application several times. Print the Application and highlight the key points in all the prompts. For each prompt: Storyboard. Use sticky notes on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1271,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-751","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/nisf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/nisf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/nisf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/nisf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/nisf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/nisf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1980,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/nisf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/751\/revisions\/1980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/nisf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/nisf\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}