Prewriting involves choosing a topic, considering the intended function and audience, generating and organizing ideas. It is the initial stage of writing where writers explore their ideas before drafting, accounting for up to 70% of the writing process, according to Donald Murray. This stage allows writers to see what they know about the topic and what direction they want to take.

2. PREWRITING IS WHEN YOU…
choose a
topic.

3. PREWRITING IS WHEN YOU…
consider
function.

4. PREWRITING IS WHEN YOU…
consider form.

5. PREWRITING IS WHEN YOU…
consider
audience.

6. PREWRITING IS WHEN YOU…
generate ideas
and organize
ideas for writing.

7. PREWRITING IS…
• the getting-ready-to-write stage.
• rehearsal before the big show of drafting.
• according to Donald Murray, prewriting be 70%
of the writing process.*
• “writers begin tentatively – talking, reading,
writing – to see what they know and what
direction they want to go.”*
• a time to develop an idea.

8. RESOURCE CITED
Tompkins, Gail E., and Hoskisson, Kenneth. Language Arts:
Content and Teaching Strategies. New Jersey: Prentice
Hall, 1995.

9. CREDITS
Prepared by Valine Zeigler