The Writing Process

The Writing Process Prewriting Drafting Revising Editing Publishing

PREWRITING “HATCHING NEW IDEAS” How do I get new ideas in the first place? What ways can I prewrite?

Prewriting “Time to Think” Choosing your topic Audience Purpose List and discuss possible topics Exploring your topic Clustering Brainstorming Make a chart Draw and Label Organizing and planning your writing Group facts, events, or ideas Choose an organization

DRAFTING “TIME TO WRITE” What do I do? WRITE! WRITE!! WRITE!!!

DRAFTING Get your ideas down on paper Don’t worry about mistakes – you can fix them later Write sentences Write a beginning and an ending Use transition words that tie sentences together

REVISING “Searching For Things To Fix” A.R.M.S. Add, Remove, Move Around, Substitute

Revising Make changes to your draft Say what you want to say Elaborate and use details Organize the facts and details clearly Make writing interesting and appropriate for audience

EDITING “Get Out Your Fine Toothed Comb” SELF EDIT PEER EDIT

Editing Correct spelling, capitalization, and punctuation Have someone else edit your work Use complete sentences Indent paragraphs

PUBLISHING “DO THE DONE DANCE”

Publishing “Time to Share Your Writing” Turn it in Send to a magazine Present as a speech or an oral report Submit to a school or a local newspaper