An Author’s 5 Step Writing Process is like Baking a Cake!

The Five Steps Pre-writing Drafting Revising Editing/Proofreading Publishing/Final Copy

Pre-writing/Brainstorming Think About It Talk about what you’re going to write. Draw it. Plan it. Generate a list of ideas and choose your very best one

Drafting/Sloppy Copy: Brain “Dump” Draw your story out Write a first draft Sloppy copy. Don’t think just write (Take a Brain “Dump”) Organization with Introduction, Body paragraphs, and a conclusion.

Revision: Make Changes Add more information (imagery / more details to make it more interesting, figurative language, clear thesis statements, transactions ) R Remove information (texting, symbols, double negatives, anything that doesn’t support your thesis ,and parts of the story that don't get to the point) M Move things around (put the story in order and make the purpose clear) S Substitute for better words/diction (vivid verbs and set the tone of your paper)

Edit/Proofreading: Make Corrections Capitalization (Proper Nouns, I, titles, the first word in a sentence, the first word in a direct quote) U Usage (Subject/Verb Agreement) P Punctuation (“ ” / ; / : / . / ! / ? / ’/ - /) S Spelling (Use a dictionary)

Publishing/Final Copy Should Not Look Like Your Rough Draft! If it is good enough to turn in for a grade, it is good enough to share with others. WATCH YOUR HANDWRITING!!! Turn it in to the teacher. Read it to a friend. Put it on the wall. Put it in a book. Put it on TV.