Drafting, Revising, Editing
Drafting Brainstorming Lists Clustering Freewriting Directed Freewriting Other Prewriting Skills
Revising Using free writings to add descriptive details Action verbs, 5 senses, sentence variety to build impact and suspense.
Paragraph Level Revising Organizing parts: Chronological- time order: telling a story from beginning to the end. Spatial-space order: describe your physical surroundings in a particular order Emphatic Order: organizing ideas from least important to most important
Sentence Level Revising Sentence Clarity: Are the sentences clear? , Sentence Structure: Do the sentences make sense? Order of Sentences: Do the sentences follow each other in a logical pattern within the paragraph?
Editing Punctuation, Grammar and Mechanics, Spelling, Format (margins, indenting paragraphs)