Every writer goes through some kind of ‘journey’ when they write.
The final ‘perfect’ work of your writing is the destination of this journey.
To reach the destination, the journey often involves several steps.
Different techniques are needed on each step.
Why do you need a writing process?
It can help you to organize your thoughts.
It can help you to avoid frustration and waste of time.
It can help you to use time productively and efficiently.
It can ensure the quality of your final work.
The Writing Process
Prewriting
Planning
Drafting
Revising
Editing
Prewriting
Certain strategies commonly groups under the heading ‘prewriting’ can help you get started and develop your ideas.
Although you may not need all of them in all writing assignments, learning how to use them gives you a box of tools to select the best tools for a writing job.
The first draft suggests there will be many more drafts or revisions.
What we do beyond the first draft is revising and editing.
We make efforts to our composition to ensure a quality and satisfying result.
(4) Check List for Revising - (CLUESS)
Coherence
Did you use appropriate transitional words?
e.g. “first, second, third…” to indicate ‘time’ order
Language
Did you avoid using cliché?
Unity
Did you begin with a good topic sentence?
Emphasis
Did you stress the important ideas by position, repetition or isolation?
Support
Did you give relevant and logical examples, reasons, details to support your main and supporting ideas?
Sentences
Were your sentences complete?
Did you use different types of sentence?
(5) Editing – (COPS)
The final stage of the writing process involves a careful examination of your work.
You look for the following problems:
Capitalization
Omissions
Punctuation
Spelling
Revising and Editing may happen at the same time!
Writing Process Worksheet
For each paper, please complete the Writing Process Worksheet.
You may copy the next page in your own paper.
Submit the worksheet with your assignment.
Writing Process Worksheet
Title: Name: Student No.:
Due Date:
Assignment:In the space below, write whatever you need to know about your assignment, including information about the topic, audience, pattern of writing, length and whether to include a rough draft or revised drafts.
Stage One: Explore – Free writing, brainstorm, cluster, or take notes as directed by your instructor. Use separate paper if you need more space.
Stage Two: Organize – Write a topic sentence or thesis; label the subject and treatment parts.
Write an outline or a structured list.
Stage Three: Write – On separate paper, write an then revise your paragraph or essay as many time4s as necessary for coherence, language, unity, emphasis, support, and sentences (CLUESS). Read your work aloud to hear and correct any grammatical errors or awkward-sound sentences.
Edit any problems in fundamentals, such as capitalization, omissions, punctuation, and spelling (COPS).
