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A Writing Process:: An Introduction and Overview

The document outlines the writing process, beginning with prewriting such as research, thinking, and generating ideas. This is followed by precomposing to further develop ideas and form a tentative thesis. During composing/drafting, a rough draft is formed with an effective organization and support for the thesis. Then, responding gets feedback from peers and instructors. Revising involves reworking the text based on feedback. Editing fixes errors, grammar, and sentence structure. Proofreading ensures proper formatting. Evaluation provides instructor feedback and a grade. Further revision incorporates all feedback to improve the paper.

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A Writing Process:: An Introduction and Overview

The document outlines the writing process, beginning with prewriting such as research, thinking, and generating ideas. This is followed by precomposing to further develop ideas and form a tentative thesis. During composing/drafting, a rough draft is formed with an effective organization and support for the thesis. Then, responding gets feedback from peers and instructors. Revising involves reworking the text based on feedback. Editing fixes errors, grammar, and sentence structure. Proofreading ensures proper formatting. Evaluation provides instructor feedback and a grade. Further revision incorporates all feedback to improve the paper.

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A Writing Process:

An Introduction and Overview


by Darren Chiang-Schultheiss

Saturday, April 28, 2012

http://staff-www.fullcoll.edu/~dchiangs/

Prewriting

think-time (not equal to procrastination) find out what you already know about your subject research: observe, experience, interview, listen, talk, read Research: library work, surveys, hard data collecting generating ideas: listing, clustering, 2 mapping

Precomposing

The goal is to expand the prewriting use freewriting to explore a topic, find a direction, a tentative thesis statement begin to mold the ideas

Composing/Drafting

Being mindful of audience and purpose help to form a rough draft in which:
effective arrangement and organization cause paragraphs take shape topic sentences form topic is narrowed so that a thesis statement emerges sufficient illustrations, evidence, and support develop the main points of the essay
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Responding

Writing Workshops
classroom peers discuss ideas get a variety of responses

Instructor Conference
individual attention can ask specific questions

In each case, the goal is to offer constructive criticism and honest feedback for the writer. Here the writer gets to test the effectiveness of her ideas and receive immediate reactions.
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Revising

re-seeing your text with new eyes after considering audience reaction decentering yourself from the text to have an objective, impartial stance be sure development, structure, organization are solid changes involve:
accuracy of information rearranging, adding, deleting honing thesis clarification sentence variety word choice
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Editing

fix careless errors:


typos spelling evil sentence boundary errors

correct grammar

Proofreading

Surface and cosmetic appearance Proper format for writing assignment


margins title heading spacing page numbers font style and size
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Evaluation

Instructor feedback based on criteria copious comments formal grade

Revision

Consider instructors feedback along with that of the writing group and evolve the paper further through more drafting and audience feedback

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Questions?

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