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The Writing Process

The Five Steps:

Prewriting

Drafting

Revision

Editing

Publishing

Prewriting

Prewriting

choose a topic

gather

material

choose a formatPlan basic

structure

Drafting

Drafting

Get your ideas on paper!

Use sentences and paragraphs.

Follow the basic structure of the genre

you have chosen.

Drafting

Don’t worry about

getting it perfect!

Drafting

You can fix it later!

After you finish your first draft, you should get someone else’s perception of your work.

Find a couple of people to read your work—or better

yet—read it aloud to them.

Ask the following questions, and tell them that you would appreciate their honesty:

What do you

like about my

piece?

What is unclear?

What questions do you have?

What would

you do to

improve it?

revision

revisionAdd details, examples and

illustrations to strengthen and clarify.

Rewrite awkward or unclear sentences or paragraphs.

Cut any words, sentences or paragraphs that are off-topic, distracting or unnecessary.

editing

editingCorrect:

Spelling Grammar

Punctuation Style

publishing

Turn it in!Post it to

a blog!

Submit it to a

publication!

Any other ideas?

References

Lutrin, B and Pincus, M. 2013. English Handbook and Study guide. Pretoria: Berlut Books.TESOL QUARTERLR. 2012. Writing process in English. Volume 25, issue 1http://www.liferichpublishing.com/AuthorResources/General/5-Step-Writing-Process.aspxhttp://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ela4/j/writingprocessl.cfm