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Writing Process Review


The writing process is just that: a process. It’s okay to take a step back if you need to change or correct your work.
To get started, here are the steps:
  1. Pre-write: brainstorm, know who your audience is (your readers), know your purpose, and organize information. Overhead an interesting conversation? Heard a quote on TV or the radio, or found an interesting website or blog? Those can be inspiration for writing.
  2. Draft: Start organizing your ideas into topic sentences, supporting details, and create more solid sentences and paragraphs.
  3. Revising and Editing: Use your tools for making your writing better: a friend, a parent, read it out loud to yourself. Keep in mind the Six Traits: ideas, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions.
  4. Evaluate and Proofread: Check with a “fine toothed comb.” All of the punctuation, grammar and usage should be checked. Example: do you use an “&” when you should use “and?” Do you have fragments or incomplete sentences? Do your subjects and verbs match? (“I is the biggest girl” is incorrect — “I am the biggest girl” is right.)
  5. Publish: Whatever format you need to turn it in, make sure you follow the guidelines.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

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http://www.writingfix.com/

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/fine-toothed+comb

http://www2.pylusd.k12.ca.us/glk/jlaurich/StepUpToWriting.htm

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