The WRITING PROCESS First things first It’s Basic don’T get mIxed up tryinG tO Do It All At oNcE!
Writing as a Process Writing can be approached as a thing, a PRODUCT We can also talk about WRITING as an ACTIVITY or PROCESS A process is a series of orderly steps for doing something
Following the steps... The process involves alternating READING and WRITING EVALUATING and GENERATING “Writer’s Block” often involves trying to do various steps at the same time or out of order...
STEP ONE: KNOW THE TASK STEP 1: UNDERSTANDING THE TASK! You must go through the prompt (if one is given) and understand the component PARTS. USE A PEN! ANALYSIS! This becomes a CHECKLIST for later.
COMPONENTS! com•po•nent (km pÖ¿nnt) adj. serving as one of the parts of a whole; constituent n. 1 a) an element or ingredient b) any of the main constituent parts, as of a high-fidelity sound system
STEP 2: Generating Material! STEP 2: INVENTION generating material (without censoring) Brainstorming Webbing Freewriting Know the rules of each!
STEP 3: Figure out an ORDER STEP 3: ORGANIZING figure out an order to your ideas , eliminate some (censoring allowed) outlining numbering listing You Have to have a REASON*
STEP 4: Get a DRAFT down STEP 4: DRAFTING casting the material in sentences and paragraphs according to your ORGANIZATION and choice of STYLE
Who’s Got STYLE? A. STYLE come from the following questions 1. Ask yourself: “What is my attitude towards this?” 2. Ask Yourself: “Who is the audience for this?”
WRITE! Still on STEP 4! B. Choose PARAGRAPHS Choose SENTENCES Why is “CHOOSE” an important word here? WRITE!
NEXT STEP in the PROCESS? STEP 5: EDITING reading WITH A PEN(!) for meaning: effective introduction, thesis statement, topic sentences, paragraph coherence and length, and transitions between paragraphs, effective conclusions, and ORDER Have you covered the assignment? (see step 1)
And THEN? STEP 6: REVISING writing ANOTHER DRAFT incorporating the changes you have made
PROOFREADING! Have I FINISHED YET? ONE MORE STEP! final check on mechanics, spelling, punctuation, mechanics, usage and your typing before turning the draft in (make necessary corrections) REPEAT AS NECESSARY!
PUBLISH! Print the thing out Share it Hand it in
THE PROCESS EVALUATE WRITE Know the Task Invent Organize Draft Edit Revise Proofread Incorporate and Print