The Writing Process

 The writing process has the following

general steps: pre-writing, writing and
revising.
The process can be further broken down into the following
sequence:
 Discovering ideas by pre- writing;
 Finding a thesis statement;
 Developing a thesis statement with supporting details;
 Organizing the details using an outline;
 Writing the paragraph in the first draft;
 Revising the draft; and
 Editing and proofreading
 Understanding the writing process can help
improve your writing skills, because being
aware of how each part works make writing
more manageable.
 It also allows you to save time and e more
confident as you take on writing assignments.
 USING PRE- WRITING STRATEGIES
 Pre-Writing is important to discover what we know and
what we need to know about your essay.
 Planning our writing helps us work more efficiently anf
produce better output.
Defining Pre-Writing
The first stage of the writing process is pre- writing,
which pertains to different techniques that help you
discover ideas before writing the first draft of a paper.
During pre-writing, you use variety of strategies to find
out things that interest you about a topic or new ways of
thinking about it.
 Determining the Writing
Situation
The pre-writing stage begins with knowing the kind
of paper that you will be required to write.

The next thing to do is to determine the writing

situation, or the context of your assignment. The context
can be clarified by initially thinking about the purpose and
audience of your paper.

The first consideration is determining your purpose.

This is the reason why you are writing.
To write effectively, it is always best to assume that you are
writing to be read. Your audience is your target reader.
You must recognize who your readers are and
anticipate their expectations, background and
knowledge of the topic.
Identifying your audience helps you to determine
how you want them to respond to your writing.
 After you have determined your audience and purpose,
you are ready to think about your paper’s topic.
The topic is the subject or the specific issue that your paper
will discuss.

After you have thought about your purpose, audience, and

topic, it would be good to consider the tone you plan to
use. This refers to the attitudes and feelings you want your
writing to reflect toward your purpose, topic, audience
and yourself.
Brainstorming is one of the better and more popular
methods of discovering your writing topic. All you need to
do is begin at the top of a sheet of paper and list down
everything that comes into your mind as fast as you can for
a certain amount of time.
The aim of a brainstorming exercise is not to
produce a logical flow of ideas but to provide
yourself with as many choices for your topic as
possible.

After listing down all your ideas, browse

through them and pick one that best appeals to
you, or the one that you know best.
Clustering or mapping is another technique that you
can use to find your writing topic. Start by writing a word
or phrase at the center of the page and encircle it, this
becomes your main topic. Then think of other words and
phrases related to that main topic, write them down,
encircle them, and draw lines connecting them to the main
topic. These become your subtopics.
The next method is called freewriting, uses the force of
narration to draw stream of connected ideas out of the writer’s
mind. Freewriting is writing down your thoughts nonstop, in
the exact order, language and form in that you think of them.
Journal Writing
 A good way to sustain writing practice is the habit of journal
writing. The Merriam- Webster defines a journal as “a book in
which you write down your personal experiences and
thoughts.”
 A lot of writers keep journals for indefinite period of time
because they always find something interesting in their lives
to talk about.