THE WRITING PROCESS.

WRITING TIPS.

The Writing Process:

Writing is a craft, which has a process consists of five stages, thus:

1. Prewriting
2. Drafting
3. Revising
4. Proof reading and editing
5. Publishing/Sharing/Presenting.

Further Tips and Explanations:

1. Prewriting: [Planning your Writing].
   In the prewriting stage, you explore diverse ideas for your topic, choose a topic, gather information and organize your notes or material.

a) Exploring ideas.
Important questions to consider:
I) What is my general purpose, assignment or reason for writing?

II) Who are my targeted audience?

III) What will be the appropriate length of work, most suitable for my purpose and target audience?

b) Scanning for a topic:

I) Scan your memory for interesting personal experiences.

II) Pray to God, for an insight of topics.

III) Browse through a library catalogue.

IV) Brainstorm for topics with your study group.

c) Choosing a topic:

Questions to consider:

I) Does it fulfill my purpose, assignment or reason for writing?

II) Will it be appropriate for the length/pages, I intend to write?

III) Do I need to broaden or narrow this topic?

IV) Do I have enough information about this topic? Or can I find enough information for this topic?

d) Gathering information:

I) Brainstorming:
Discuss the topic with study group. Take notes of Insights and great ideas, as they flash into your mind.

II) Freewriting:

Write down everything that comes to your mind about the selected topic.

Write non-stop for one to ten minutes, then read all you have free written and search for the best ideas, for your first draft.

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