UNDERSTANDING
THE WRITING
PROCESS
(Reference 1, p.156)
Directions: Arrange the
following statements based
on how you write an essay.
Use the space provided for
your answer. You may
repeat certain steps or
exclude items that you do
not undertake.
COGNITIVE
PROCEDURES IN
WRITING PROCESS
I. PREPARATION
1.Topic
2. General Purpose
3. Specific Purpose
4. Target Output
5. Audience
6. Writer’s Persona
7. Level of Formality
II. MODELLING
III. GENERATING IDEAS
A. Brainstorming
B. Freewriting
C. Clustering
IV. FOCUSING A TOPIC
V. OUTLINING OR
ORGANIZING
A. Four Principles
1. COORDINATION
• Organizing items that are
equal significance in
comparable letter or
numeral designation
A. Four Principles
2. Subordination
• Organizing items to indicate level of
significance; that is identifying the
major and minor heading. The
details in the subheads should be
related to the details in the main
headings.
A. Four Principles
3. DIVISION
• Dividing each level of clustered
information in at least two
parts; that is avoiding the use of
A if there is no B and avoiding 1
if there is no 2.
A. Four Principles
4. PARALLELISM
• Structuring the clustered
entries in the same
linguistic form.
B. ACCORDING TO
FORMATS
1. Number-Letter
Sequence
(Alphanumeric)
2. Decimal Sequence
C. TYPES ACCORDING
TO STRUCTURE
1. Topic Outline – uses
words or phrases as entries
2. Sentence Outline-
uses sentences as entries
VI. DRAFTING
VII. PROVIDING
FEEDBACK
1. According to
Ideas/Content,
Organization, and
Style
VIII.REVISING
IX. EDITING
X. PUBLISHING
UNDERSTANDING
THE WRITING
PROCESS

Writing process