The 5 stages of The Writing process Mrs. Hackworth Comp 1 Day 4 Notes

The Writing Process The Writing Process: a series of stages and steps used to write something. Stages are BIG and filled with steps. (You can use this process in any class to write any thing.)

Stage 1: Prewriting Prewriting: consider your assignment, purpose, audience, determine your topic, brainstorming, arranging of details; overall: it is a time for making decisions about the assignment Topic selection Brainstorming Research Freewriting Outlining Mind-mapping

Drafting Drafting (writing a first draft): ignore punctuation and other grammatical concerns and put ideas into sentences; imagine that you are train and keep that train of ideas going; don't stop. Structuring prewriting into sentences and paragraphs Wording of ideas

Revising Revising: correct problems in your rough draft(s), such as do things make sense, are things in the right order, etc. Read, re-read and re-read Read your paper aloud Peer Edit Look for unity, coherence and overall structure

Editing Editing: a writer improves the smaller details of the paper. Check conventions (grammar, punctuation, and mechanics) Improve word choice Improve sentence variety and structure

Publishing Publishing: a writer reviews presentation and turns in the essay. Print Free of formatting errors Submit to teacher and electronic site

Know your audience A writer must know her audience and write to her audience. This does not mean that you write to (addressing) your audience by using the language “in this paper I will be writing about”. It is obvious that you are writing a paper and the topic should be apparent and clearly presented through formal language.

Determine purpose Consider my purpose: what you are trying to accomplish, usually described as the (type of writing): To inform or explain (expository); in school = 95% To persuade (persuasive) (to a certain extent, you are always trying to persuade your teacher…) To describe (descriptive): physical appearance or function To narrate (narrative): to tell a story You can have more than one purpose at a time. In fact, you could all four in the same assignment. Imagine that!

Complete audience worksheet with a partner