55 Checklist: Planning a Document
Robin Jeffrey and Melissa Elston
Learning Objectives
- Develop a plan for writing a document such as an essay or other college assignment.
- Determine your document’s purpose.
- Plan your document’s design to support this purpose.
- Identify your document’s audience.
- Identify your audience’s expectations.
- Decide what format your document will require (include layout, margins, line spacing, font styles, etc.).
- Decide whether or not visuals will be helpful to include in your document. If you decide to use visuals, determine what kind of visual would be most useful.
Adapted from About Writing: A Guide by Robin Jeffrey, CC BY 4.0