So in the beginning of this tutorial I told you my math teacher is the one who really helped me pass English (Didn't even mean to). Let me share with you how he made us write.

We always had to show our work in his class. That was for a few reasons.

1) If we made a mistake and got the wrong answer we could go back and look what we did wrong step by step.

2) That way we could back up what our answers where with proof instead of just saying, "Well, that's the answer."

This is what he had us do when we had to explain something.

First
Next
Then
Finally

Look a little familiar? That is because it is that way here as well. However what Dan made us do is explain what we were looking at as well. So I am going to get off topic here and talk about horses, (remember my lesson on putting yourself into the content?)

Here is something that I am making it up completely as I write it for you now.

Horses are a beautiful and magnificent animal. They were the transportation for humans for thousands of years, and helped build America into what it is today. In this essay I am going to talk about basic training and how to really get respect without fear from your horse. That way you can have a lifelong partner that wants to be with you.

First, you need to get control of the hindquarters. You do this by a exercise called "Yielding the Hindquarters." What this exercise does is get control of the engine of the horse. If you can control the hindquarters the horse can't buck, bolt, rear, take off, or do anything silly.

To get control you first must apply pressure towards the hindquarters area with your stick. Start lightly and gradually increase the pressure. Once you get a response, stop all pressure right away. Notice Photo A. In Photo A you see that the left hind foot is stepping under the horse, across and in front of the right hind leg. This is what you are looking for.

Once again, we you apply pressure to the horses hindquarters, do so ever so lightly and then increase pressure a little bit every couple of seconds until you get that response. Once you get that response stop applying pressure right away. You want to start with one step and gradually build from there till you can do a full 360 degree yield.

Make sure that the front foot of what ever side you are working on stays put. You want that as a pivot point for your horse. Ultimately you want to have the horse "dig a hole" with that foot because they just bury it into the ground while yielding.

Next, you want to get the horse to back away from you when pressure is applied in front of the horse.

You get the point now. First, next, then, finally are your main points. You explain those main points and give reasons to support your information.

I know this really sounded very formal and "essay" like. And I did that for a reason. That is because this would be a good foundation I believe for people struggling to write and need help. Follow this pattern of writing. Your flow will come from this and you can make it more conversational as you progress and get better at writing your ideas down on paper.