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