The Writing Process
Prewriting
Consider your purpose
To inform, to persuade, to entertain / express
Consider your audience
How much does your audience know about your topic?
What is your audience’s likely interest in/opinion of your topic?
Discover ideas => narrow topic, define a focus, gather evidence => form a working thesis
Methods of prewriting
Journal writing / freewriting
Brainstorming / mapping / clustering
Research => observation
Planning
Select your evidence (examples, research sources, details, specifics, etc.)
Organize your evidence –
Choose a logical order (chronological, spatial, general-specific, etc.)
Make an outline!
Drafting - reread assignment before you begin
1st draft: Focus on what you’re writing, not how you’re writing!
Consult your outline, but don’t be a slave it to.
To construct strong paragraphs
Announce the main idea in a topic sentence
Relate each sentence to the main idea
Provide specifics and details
Use an appropriate mode of development
Transition to next paragraph – connect ideas
Revising – essay level
Suggestions for reading your draft, p. 33-4 – print it out, take a break, get a reader
Consider purpose and thesis – reread assignment
Unity
Coherence – logic, clarity, flow
Organization – spatial, chronological, thematic, climactic – p. 39
Development – specifics & details
Tone – appropriate, effective, consistent?
Revising checklist, p. 43
Editing – sentence level
Editing checklist, p. 58
Consider => Conciseness, Emphasis, Parallelism, Sentence Variety
Word choice
Denotation & connotation Concrete & specific words
Figures of speech, clichés Fresh language
Proofreading
Reread formatting requirements
Check for errors – grammar, spelling, missing words, etc.
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