Eng 7/10/11 Writing process

PROCESS
STEP 1 Analyze the topic

Topic: Education

narrow that down

SPECIFIC, INTERESTING Public education helps our country be strong.

Education is important to us. MUNDANE, BROAD, BORING

Format?
paragraph
essay
speech

STEP 2 
Generate ideas
-mindmap
-list
-columns
-freewriting

Prime the pump.
You can get the ideas flowing, like water from a pump.

STEP 3
Organize TIME, SPACE, or IMPORTANCE
You decide how you want to organize your points.
Remember 'coherence' and 'unity'

STEP 4
Rough copy
First write sentences
Every sentence, every time:
SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX, COMPOUND-COMPLEX

Format:
indent
double-space
pen
block of writing

STEP 5
Editing, proofreading