ENG100FRes004

The Writing Process

Stages of the Writing Process
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There are several stages to the
Writing Process. Each stage is essential.  Prewriting
 Writing

(Drafting)
 Revising
 Editing

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Publishing

Revising

Pre-Writing

Drafting

Organizing

6 Pre-Writing
Strategies

I. Prewriting
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Choose/narrow your topic
Determine your
Audience
 Purpose
 Tone
 Point-of-view
 Tense
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Explore your topic
Make a plan

Pre-Writing Techniques
How do you organize your ideas when you are preparing to write?
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Brainstorming
Discussing
Free Writing
Looping

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Listing
Outlining
Charting
Mapping or clustering Brainstorming
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“Brainstorming” means thinking of as many ideas as possible in a short amount of time.
Write down your ideas so that you don’t forget them.
Write down everything that comes to your mind; don’t worry about sorting out “good” and “bad” ideas.
Don’t worry about spelling or grammar. Example of Brainstorming
Topic: What would I do with one million dollars?
Travel--Europe, Asia, S. America
Pay off our house
Share--donate to charities
Buy a lot of books!
Invest/save and let the interest grow Topics for Practice
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Take 5 minutes to brainstorm ideas about the following question:
What are some of the most memorable experiences of your life? Free Writing
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“Free Writing” is like pouring all of your thoughts onto paper.
Don’t take your pen off the page; keep writing for the entire time.
If you don’t know what to write, write
“I don’t know what to write” until you do. Don’t try to sort “good” and “bad” ideas. Don’t worry about spelling and grammar. Example of Free Writing
Topic: Describe the most beautiful place you’ve seen.
I remember riding on a camel in the desert in front of the pyramids of Egypt. The pyramids were so huge, like pictures but more majestic than any picture. Here was a moment in time captured forever.

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Free write for 3-5 minutes on the