1.5 The Writing Process
1.5 The Writing Process
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Explain the writing process that author's engage with
Explain the writing process that author's engage with
Throughout the year, we will engage in exciting writing activities, explore various genres, and support each other in our writing endeavours. By the end of this journey, we aim to not only be strong readers but also confident writers, ready to tackle the challenges of expressing ourselves through the written word.
A. What is The Writing Process?
Good writers go through the writing process to compose text. The writing process is a series of steps that writers follow in order to create a written work1.
The writing process includes 5 stages: Planning, Drafting, Evaluating and Revising, Editing, and Publishing1.
B. Why Does it Matter?
Watch the video below to understand why it is important to follow the writing process2.
Vid.5.1: The Writing Process
Understanding the writing process is essential because it empowers us to express ourselves effectively.
By breaking down the writing journey into manageable steps, we gain the tools to communicate our thoughts, ideas, and stories with clarity and impact2.
The writing process helps us write better, easier and effectively2.
C. Components of the Writing Process
Imagine baking a cake. You have to follow the steps in a specific order: first, mix the ingredients, then bake, and finally, decorate. It is like following steps, one step after another.
Now, think about writing. It is not like baking a cake. It is more flexible. The process of writing does not follow a linear path. At any point of time, writers can go back and forth between different parts of the writing process, often changing their plans and fixing their writing along the way to make it better1.
The steps in the writing process involve planning, drafting, sharing, evaluating, revising, editing, and ultimately, publishing and presenting the final product.
1. Planning:
During the planning stage of the writing process, we brainstorm ideas. When we brainstorm, we put on our thinking cap!
Brainstorming is thinking creatively, forming new and exciting ideas to create our own stories1.
It involves thinking, making notes, talking to others, brainstorming, making an outline, researching, and collecting information3.
2. Drafting:
Authors take the ideas they come up with while planning, and put them into the written form during the drafting stage.
We write out our points in complete sentences during this stage4.
Creating a draft is making a rough outline, or a practice version of something before we make the final version4.
We have the freedom to explore and expand more on our ideas. This involves providing supporting details, adding examples or instances to improve and enhance your story4.
Note: At this point, the author may not be concerned with grammar, spelling, or perfect phrasing. The purpose here is to allow ideas to flow, and develop a rough draft.
3. Evaluating and Revising:
Evaluating is when writers reflect on their writing and ask themselves if their writing communicates their ideas clearly. They may seek feedback from others.
In the revising stage, writers use ARMS (Add, Remove, Move, Substitute). They read again what they have written. They can make their writing better by adding or taking away some details, using better vocabulary, or changing the order of sentences.
4. Editing:
Editing means making changes to make sure a text follows the rules of written English1.
In this stage, writers use CUPS (Capitalisation, Usage, Punctuation, Spelling). Writers look for mistakes in spelling, grammar, and punctuation to make the writing clear and free of errors.
5. Publishing
Publishing is an exciting step wherein you share your story with many people.
It involves making the final version of the story and getting it ready for others to read.
Publishing is important because it allows the writer’s work to be seen and enjoyed by many readers.
Watch the video given below to review and remember the different components of the writing process.
Vid.5.2: Components of the Writing Process
Summary:
Summary:
The writing process is a series of steps that writers follow in order to create a written work.
The five stages of the writing process include planning, drafting, evaluating and revising, editing, and publishing.
The writing process helps us write better, easier and more effective.
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