THE THE PROCESS OF PROCESS OF

WRITINGWRITING

Everyone has a writing Everyone has a writing process.process.

What is yours?What is yours?

Why do you need a Why do you need a writing process?writing process?

It can help you organize your It can help you organize your thoughts.thoughts.

It can help you to avoid frustration.It can help you to avoid frustration. It can help youe use their time It can help youe use their time

productively and efficiently.productively and efficiently.

Writing processWriting process

Invention (Generar ideas)Invention (Generar ideas) Collection (Escoger las ideas)Collection (Escoger las ideas) Organization Organization Drafting (Hacer un primer Drafting (Hacer un primer

borrador)borrador) Revising (Repasar y busca de Revising (Repasar y busca de

errores)errores) Proofreading (Leer todo y repasar Proofreading (Leer todo y repasar

de nuevo)de nuevo)

Invention: finding your Invention: finding your ideasideas

Brainstorming:Brainstorming: Getting your Getting your

ideas on paper ideas on paper (Escribir ideas (Escribir ideas sueltas que sueltas que vengan a tu vengan a tu mente)mente)

Brainstorming: coming Brainstorming: coming up with ideas that up with ideas that

interest youinterest you

Listing:Choose the best main idea

Topics

Brainstorming

Clustering: mapping out Clustering: mapping out ideasideas

MAIN IDEA

Secondary ideas

CollectionCollection

Gathering ideas (Reunir y Gathering ideas (Reunir y agrupar ideas por subtemas)agrupar ideas por subtemas)

Organizing: putting Organizing: putting information in an outlineinformation in an outline

OUTLINE

I. IntroductionA. State your idea

II. BodyA. Develop ideasB. Support ideas with arguments

III. ConclusionA. Reemphasize/summarize

main idea

DraftingDrafting Give yourself time Give yourself time

to work on your to work on your project.project.

Find a comfortable Find a comfortable place to do your place to do your writing.writing.

Avoid distractions.Avoid distractions. Take breaks.Take breaks.

Revising: reviewing Revising: reviewing ideasideas

Review:Review: Clear communication of ideas Clear communication of ideas Organization of paperOrganization of paper Paragraph structureParagraph structure Strong introduction and conclusionStrong introduction and conclusion

ProofreadingProofreading

Review:Review:

SpellingSpelling PunctuationPunctuation Sentence structureSentence structure

Proofreading tipsProofreading tips

Slowly read your paper aloud.Slowly read your paper aloud. Read your paper backwards.Read your paper backwards. Exchange papers with a friend.Exchange papers with a friend.

NOTE: Spell check will not catch everything, NOTE: Spell check will not catch everything, and grammar checks are often wrong!and grammar checks are often wrong!

Follow this suggestions and your writing will be: