The Writing Process will help you:

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The Writing Process will help you

• get started
• get focused
• develop a writing path
• write fluidly
• write with style and clarity
• write correctly

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In a nutshell...

• We will learn
• Prewriting techniques
• Drafting
• Revising
• getting it all down
• saying it the way you want to say it
• saying it correctly

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Step One Prewriting
(how to get started)

• Freewriting

• Brainstorming

• List making

• Note taking

• Mapping (clustering)

• Outlining

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Freewriting

• You may not stop
• Set yourself a time limit (e.g. 20 minutes)
• Know that this is private (no one except yourself
  will see it)

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Other Prewriting Techniques

• Brainstorming
• Mapping (clustering)
• List making
• Note taking
• Outlining

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Step 2 Drafting

• Tentative thesis statement (your position on the
  topic the answer to the question you are
  investigating)
• Support
• Conclusion

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Thesis statement

• Provides a writing path

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Step 3 Revising

• Getting it all down (what do I need to add?)
• Saying it the way I want to say it (how can I
  make it clearer? More precise? More interesting?)
• Making sure I am saying it correctly (check
  grammar, sentence construction, spelling,
  punctuation, typos)

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The
Three Stages
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Stage One Getting It All Down

• What do I need to add? More
• Details?
• Description?
• Support?
• Clarification?

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Stage Two Saying It the Way I Want to Say It
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Do I want to

• Cut anything out?
• Re-think any ideas that seem fuzzy?
• Choose a more precise word or phrase?
• Organize differently?
• my sentence lengths?
• Change my thesis statement?
• Revise my conclusion?

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Stage Three Proofread for Correctness

• Did I check for mistakes in
• Spelling?
• Grammar?
• Punctuation?
• Sentence construction?
• Mechanics?
• Typing?

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Next Steps

• Celebrate!
• Leave the paper for a while
• Come back to the paper with a fresh eye
• Show the paper to a colleague or Writing Center
  tutor
• Make final revisions

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