Delta Module One

1. What makes writing difficult?
Delta Module One

2. Whatmakes
writingdifficult?
You need to settle
down and get
started. It’s easier to
put if off than to get
down to it.

3. Whatmakes
writingdifficult?
You need
concentration. It’s
difficult to get away
from other people
and distractions.

4. Whatmakes
writingdifficult?
You need time.

5. Whatmakes
writingdifficult?
You have to say it in
the right way
(considering tone
and style).

6. Whatmakes
writingdifficult?
You must write
correctly! This is a
problem for native
speakers as well as
for non-native
speakers.

7. Whatmakes
writingdifficult?
Sometimes there may be a
very clear message you
want to get across (e.g.
writing to your bank to
ask them to send you an
application form for a
credit card). Other times
the content may need
more thinking about.

8. Whatmakes
writingdifficult?
With writing there is
usually no immediate
feedback from the
reader. You have to bear
in mind what the reader
already knows and does
not know about the
subject.

9. Whatmakes
writingdifficult?
You need the right
mood, time, space –
and motivation.

10. Whatmakes
writingdifficult?
You need ideas.
What am I going to
say?

11. Whatmakes
writingdifficult?
You need to express
yourself clearly,
comprehensively, and
unambiguously. You
need to be careful, this
is different from
speaking.

12. Whatmakes
writingdifficult?
We may experience
more difference with
some genres than
others.

13. Whatmakes
writingdifficult?
You often have to
write and re-write.

14. Whatmakes
writingdifficult?
In speaking you can
backtrack, correct
yourself, rephrase
things if your listeners
look perplexed. In
writing you can not.

15. Whatmakes
writingdifficult?
Writing is not
something you
normally do, and the
lack of habit makes
it more difficult.