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The Writing Process
Getting Started
 • Understanding the assignment
 •   Look for Options and Restrictions
 •   Relate the Assignment
 •   Exploring Possible Topics
 •   Generating Ideas
Document Planning Phase
       • Selecting Your Topic and Title
       • Deciding on Purpose
       • Identify Your Audience
       • Select Document’s Form
       • Determine tone and style
       • Determine Language Set
       • Determining Thematic Question
       • Writing Thesis Statement
Purposes of Writing
• To Inform- newspapers, memorandums, textbooks
• To Record- minutes, incident reports, case notes
• To Persuade- advertising,
• To Entertain- satire, plays, film scripts, novels
Focus, Research, and Gathering Phase
 • Research- Finding out what you and others know
 • Locating, Analyzing, and Documenting Your Sources
• Collect Relevant Material that supports your thesis
 • Bibliographically record, quote and paraphrase
     your found information
• Citing your Sources
Organization Phase
• Introduction and Conclusion
• Prioritization of Main Points
• Outline
• Review, Revise, and Reorganize
• Paragraph Skeletons
• Review, Revise, and Reorganize
• First Draft
Drafting
• Consider the Essentials
• Writing the Opening – Introductions
• Writing the Middle – Evidence and Support
• Writing the Ending - Conclusions and Recommendations
• Establishing Credibility and Authority
• Supplement Supporting Information
Revision Phase
 • Read- Look for obvious mistakes
• Read again- your entire document out loud
 • Revision- Organization, Logic, Flow, Mechanics, Look
• Read Again- look at rhetorical elements, content,
         organization, and readable style
 • Peer Edit and Proofread
 • Revise, Read, Edit, and Final Draft
Proofreading, Editing, and Polishing

                •   Style
                •   Word Choice
                •   Sentence Structures
                •   Expand with Details
                •   Punctuation and Mechanics
                •   Usage, Grammar, Spelling
                •   Form and Presentation
Final Touches and Submission
           •   Pre and Post Documents
           •   Overall Presentation
           •   Overview or Gestalt
           •   Transmittal Documents
           •   Submission and Publishing
The Writer’s Decisions
• Selecting Your Topic and Title
• Deciding on Purpose
• Identify Your Audience
• Select Document’s Form
• Determine tone and style
• Determine Language Set

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The processes of writing

  • 2. Getting Started • Understanding the assignment • Look for Options and Restrictions • Relate the Assignment • Exploring Possible Topics • Generating Ideas
  • 3. Document Planning Phase • Selecting Your Topic and Title • Deciding on Purpose • Identify Your Audience • Select Document’s Form • Determine tone and style • Determine Language Set • Determining Thematic Question • Writing Thesis Statement
  • 4. Purposes of Writing • To Inform- newspapers, memorandums, textbooks • To Record- minutes, incident reports, case notes • To Persuade- advertising, • To Entertain- satire, plays, film scripts, novels
  • 5. Focus, Research, and Gathering Phase • Research- Finding out what you and others know • Locating, Analyzing, and Documenting Your Sources • Collect Relevant Material that supports your thesis • Bibliographically record, quote and paraphrase your found information • Citing your Sources
  • 6. Organization Phase • Introduction and Conclusion • Prioritization of Main Points • Outline • Review, Revise, and Reorganize • Paragraph Skeletons • Review, Revise, and Reorganize • First Draft
  • 7. Drafting • Consider the Essentials • Writing the Opening – Introductions • Writing the Middle – Evidence and Support • Writing the Ending - Conclusions and Recommendations • Establishing Credibility and Authority • Supplement Supporting Information
  • 8. Revision Phase • Read- Look for obvious mistakes • Read again- your entire document out loud • Revision- Organization, Logic, Flow, Mechanics, Look • Read Again- look at rhetorical elements, content, organization, and readable style • Peer Edit and Proofread • Revise, Read, Edit, and Final Draft
  • 9. Proofreading, Editing, and Polishing • Style • Word Choice • Sentence Structures • Expand with Details • Punctuation and Mechanics • Usage, Grammar, Spelling • Form and Presentation
  • 10. Final Touches and Submission • Pre and Post Documents • Overall Presentation • Overview or Gestalt • Transmittal Documents • Submission and Publishing
  • 11. The Writer’s Decisions • Selecting Your Topic and Title • Deciding on Purpose • Identify Your Audience • Select Document’s Form • Determine tone and style • Determine Language Set