Writing The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. - David Hare

Idea Collect Focus Order Draft Revise

Idea Personal Others

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write down critical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts are untrue and practice talking and writing back to them. -Robert J. Mckain

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write down critical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts are untrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

-Robert J. Mckain

Collect yourself others

Focus

The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair. Mary Heaton Vorse

The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.

Mary Heaton Vorse

Order narration illustration cause/effect comparison/contrast process analysis persuasion

Draft Answering your questions Ideas on paper Making sense of what you know

Revision audience clarity

Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading. William Zinsser

Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.

William Zinsser

Editing (p. 17) Grammar Punctuation Words

Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. - James Joyce