The document discusses the writing process. It describes various techniques writers can use during the process, such as freewriting to generate ideas, using feedback from peers to improve drafts, and revising multiple times. The key message is that writing involves exploration, frustration, and trusting in the process of writing multiple drafts and incorporating feedback in order to produce the best final work.

1. 1/28/2010By j.d. danielsThe Writing Process Photo by j.d. daniels (2010)The Writing Process…1/28/20101/28/2010

2. 1/28/2010Deciding ona Topic can be Hard…Read assignments carefully.

3. Review examples of genre being written.

4. Review introductions of appropriate chapters in your textbook.

5. Write this question and freewrite from it:

6. What is it I really want to write about?1/28/20101/28/2010

7. 1/28/2010Freewrite?Freewriting is a method to explore through the use of writing without restriction. It can help you find a topic.

8. A writer takes out a journal or uses a computer and for ten minutes begins to write. Don’t worry about making sense, grammar, punctuation—any of those Rules of English. Just write and explore your brain.1/28/20101/28/2010

9. 1/28/2010Does Freewriting Work?Sometimes—yes.

10. Sometimes—no.

11. It’s a journey, you are exploring your own inner thoughts. It can expand your imagination. The genius, Einstein said, “New ideas are found in the imagination,” he wasn’t wrong.

12. Try it.1/28/20101/28/2010

13. 1/28/2010The Broken Mirror MetaphorKnow what happens when you drop a mirror and it breaks? Scattered pieces. That’s how the writing process works.