THE WRITING PROCESS
The abbreviation beginning each step is how I will
normally refer to that
step in class, on the board, with due dates, and in
your grades.
PW - Prewriting: brainstorming, jot listing, webbing,
mapping, discussing,
thinking.
Special
note: THINKING is indeed a PW technique, but you better get
those thoughts to paper before long or I
will doubt you
are actually thinking! hehe
OL - Organizing/Outlining: get a rough order to your
ideas, even if they
are
incomplete. Create OUTLINE or WRITER'S BLUEPRINT.
Special
note: At first, all of you will be required to do this
though I know it is uncomfortable for
some. If, after
your first couple papers, I see you
organize with no
problem, I will let you opt out of this
if want.
RD - Drafting: Write! Avoid stopping, don't edit
yourself, don't correct
spelling,
don't worry about order. JUST WRITE!
RRD - REVISION: THE MOST IMPORTANT STEP IN THE
PROCESS:
spend most
of your time here. Elicit peer readers, check your ideas, check your
paragraphs, check your sentences, check description and detail, check to see if
you have too much or too little depth, check your structure and clarity.
Special
note: When you are done with this, you will have a big mess
where
your RD used to be. This mess is called your
RRD
- Revised Rough Draft.
NO ABBREVIATION: Editing/Proofreading: check all your
mechanics from
punctuation
to spelling.
Special
note: There is no abbreviation for this one because I can't
collect
editing. It will simply be checked in the
final
copy.
FC - Publishing: Submit the Final Copy.
This is a process and as such, is fluid in nature.
Digressions and reordering are normal and expected.