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Write Way Finding Your Focus: The Writing Process Is there a Right Way to Write?

Write Way Everyone has a writing process. What is yours?

Write Way Why do you need a writing process? It can help writers to organize their thoughts. It can help writers to avoid frustration and procrastination. It can help writers to use their time productively and efficiently.

Write Way Writing process Invention Collection Organization Drafting Revising Proofreading

Write Way Invention: coming up with your topic Brainstorming:  Getting your ideas on paper so you can give yourself the widest range of topics possible

Write Way Brainstorming: coming up with ideas that interest you Listing: Political apathy Animal abuse NFL instant replay Air pollution Telemarketing scams Internet censorship NBA salary caps Paper Topics Brainstorming

Write Way Clustering: mapping out ideas ME Internet censorship telemarketing scams NFL instant replay NBA political apathy three-party system salary caps sportsmanship animal abuse First Amendment Flag Burning Amend- ment

Write Way Collection Gathering ideas Locating and evaluating research Conducting interviews

Write Way Organizing: putting information in an outline OUTLINE I. Introduction A. Grab attention B. State thesis II. Body A. Build points B. Develop ideas C. Support main claim III. Conclusion A. Reemphasize main idea

Write Way Drafting Give yourself ample time to work on your project. Find a comfortable place to do your writing. Avoid distractions. Take breaks.

Write Way Revising: reviewing ideas Review higher-order concerns:  Clear communication of ideas  Organization of paper  Paragraph structure  Strong introduction and conclusion

Write Way Proofreading Review later- order concerns:  Spelling  Punctuation  Sentence structure  Documentation style

Write Way Proofreading tips Slowly read your paper aloud. Read your paper backwards. Exchange papers with a friend. NOTE: Spell check will not catch everything, and grammar checks are often wrong!

Write Way The Writing Process: Find Your Focus Invention Collection Organization Drafting Revising Proofreading

Write Way Where can you go for additional help with assignments for any class? Write Way