WHAT IS WRITING?

It is considered as a complex process that allows writers to explore thoughts and ideas.

Concretization of sentences is an important part of the writing just like laying the foundation for a house construction.

The writer must first “Think” in the language that he or she is writing.

According Annie Dillard; Writing is a hard, conscious, terribly frustrating work!

The writing process needs constant thought of grammar and words and the production of the writing material.

TECHN ICAL WR IT IN G VS. CR EATIVE WR IT IN G

Technical Writing

Creative Writing

Content Factual, straight forward

Imaginative, metaphoric or

symbolicAudience Specific GeneralPurpose Inform,

instruct, persuade

Entertain, provoke, captivate

Style Formal, standard, academic

Informal, artistic,

figurativeTone Objective Subjective

Vocabulary Specialized General, evocative

Organization Sequential, systematic

Arbitrary, artistic

THE W’S AND H’S IN WRITING

What• This explains about the topic or the subject.

Why- the purpose of your writing.

Who – Writer & audience/reader for whom or to whom the writing is intended.

When – If all the information needed is gathered.

Where – A place where you can concentrate and free from distractions.

How – Writers have different writing and presentation styles

STEPS IN WRITING

Pre-writing

- Find your idea/identify a topic.

-Gather information or references that is in line to your idea.

-Plan the structure of your output.

For some book, there are things that needs to be identified.

• Purpose in writing• Who are your target audience?• Action Response Anticipated from the reader• Outline form of your piece

Step 2•Writing•Now you have your plan and you’re ready to start writing. Remember, this is your first rough draft. Forget about word count and grammar.

Step 3

Revision

Your story can change a great deal during this stage. When revising their work, many writers naturally adopt the A.R.R.R. approach:

• Add: The average novel has between 60,000 and 100,000 words. Does your book have enough words to be considered a novel? Have you given your readers all the information they need to make sense of your story? If not, go back to your notebook that you kept for additional scenes and any additional details.

• Rearrange: Consider the flow, pacing and sequencing of your story. Would the plot be better served if some of the events occur in a different order?

• Remove: After making additions to your story, how is your word count now? Are your readers experiencing information overload? You may need to eliminate passages that don’t quite fit.

• Replace: The most effective way to revise your work is to ask for a second opinion. Do you need more vivid details to help clarify your work? Is one scene contradicting another? Ask friends or fellow writers to take a look and give you feedback, and if something isn’t working rewrite it and replace it.

Step 4• Editing• You have overhauled your story. It’s time

to fine tune your manuscript line by line. Check for repetition, clarity, grammar, spelling and punctuation. Editing is an extremely detailed process and its best when performed by a professional.

Step 5• Publishing

POI NTS TO PONDER AND REM EM BER FOR G OOD WRI T I NG ( 5CS)

Clear: if writing is not clear, it can cause serious and perhaps costly misunderstanding. Poor sentence structure, misused words, flawed grammar, redundancy and verbosity can all cause unclear writing

Correct: This means it is correct as its content as well as grammar, spelling, word usage and even punctuation.

Concise: The writing should not contain a lot unnecessary words or information.

Complete: It should have pertinent information. When you’re writing, stop when, but not until, you’ve said all you need to say.

THIN GS TO IDEN TIFY IN WR IT IN G A SHORT STORY

Elements of short story•Plot: It is called the framework or skeleton of the story.•It refers to the sequence of events that are linked together.

Plot diagram/triangle• Exposition: This comes at the beginning of a story.• Rising Action: The struggle grows stronger.• Climax: The most exciting part in the story. It is the

turning point.• Falling Action: Events move towards the end of the

story.• Resolution: The study is brought to an end.

Characters: refers to the person or individual in a story that performs the action of the plot.

Types of Character•Protagonist•Antagonist•Minor Characters

Conflict: refers to the struggle between two or more characters in a short story.

Types of Conflict•External Conflict•Man vs Man•Man vs Nature•Man vs Society

•Internal Conflict•Man vs himself/herself

Setting: refers to the time and locale of the story.

Point of view: It is the direction from which the writer has chosen to tell the story.

Types• First person• Third person limited• Third person Omniscient

Theme: refers to the central idea or belief in a short. It is what the author is saying through the story

PO RTFO LIO ENTRY

Dream Writing

Write out your dream of the past few nights: what you saw in your dream; how you dreamt about; where and how it happened; how you might have interpreted that dream of yours.