Writing Process

English 0950
20 January 2009
Writing Process
 Series of steps
 Goal: Effective use of time
 Three main stages:
 Planning
 Drafting
 Revising
Planning
 Starting well
 Understand the writing situation
 Audience, Purpose, Deadlines, Format
 Brainstorm
 Methods: Freewrite, Cluster, Discuss, Journal
 Outline
 What to say
 How to say it
Drafting
 Capturing ideas in words
 Use planning materials to produce a
working draft
 Principles:
 Fast
 Focused
 Intense
Revising
 Improving the draft
 Multiple revisions
 Stages of revision:
 Global
 Paragraph-level
 Sentence-level
The Complication
 Recursive writing—re-revising
 Situational writing process—different
kinds of writing
 Individualized writing process—
different kinds of writers
 Evolving skills—learning to write more
effectively