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The WRITING The WRITING PROCESSPROCESS

First things firstIt’s Basicdon’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! Create a CHECKLIST for later.

COMPONENTS!

com•po•nent (k �m pÖ¿n �nt)

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: Generating material (without censoring)

Brainstorming Webbing Free writing 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?”

3. What are the Conventions and Expectations to Be observed

Still on STEP 4!

B. Choose PARAGRAPHS Choose SENTENCES

Why is “CHOOSE” an important word here?

WRITE!WRITE!

NEXT STEP in the PROCESS? STEP 5: EDITING reading WITH A PEN(!) for meaning: effective

introduction, thesis statement, topic sentences, paragraph coherence, length and organization, and transitions between paragraphs, effective conclusions, and the ORDERING OF PARAGRAPHS

Have you covered the assignment? (see step 1)

And THEN?

STEP 6: REVISING writing ANOTHER DRAFT

incorporating the changes you have made

Have I FINISHED YET?

ONE MORE STEP!ONE MORE STEP!

PROOFREADING! final check on mechanics, spelling,

punctuation, mechanics, usage and your typing before turning the draft in (make necessary corrections)

REPEAT AS NECESSARY!REPEAT AS NECESSARY!

PUBLISH!

Print the thing out with Name, Date Instructor and Title

Share it Hand it in

THE PROCESS EVALUATE WRITE EVALUATE WRITE EVALUATE WRITE EVALUATE WRITE

Know the Task Invent Organize Draft Edit Revise Proofread Incorporate and Print