The Process of Writing

Developing Stage

• Discover your subject.
• Gathering information on that subject.
• Focusing on a central theme (developing your thesis)
• Organizing materials to help you write your essay (write an outline)
• Defining your purpose: What is your chief reason for writing? Is it to entertain readers? Is it to express your feelings or ideas? Is it to explain something to readers (exposition)? Is it to persuade readers to accept or act on your opinion (argument)? or Is it to explain a process of how something works or happens?
• Considering your audience: Who are your readers? Why are readers going to read your writing? What will they expect? What do I want readers to know or do after reading my work, and how should I make that clear to them?

Drafting Stage

• Free write an essay by following the drafted outline in the developing stage.
• Express and connect ideas together.
• This is your first draft.

Revising Stage

• Check for unity and coherence.
• Check for grammatical and spelling errors.

Other links for your referral:

http://web.mit.edu/writing/Writing_Process/writingprocess.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/pp/writproc.PPT

http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/

http://www.teenlit.com/teachers/process.htm

http://pratt.edu/~wtc/understanding.html

http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/process.htm