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What are the various stages of writing

Unread postby yoges » Sun Jun 01, 2008 9:31 am

hi, i would like to know what are the various stages of writing? I was not able to find out in my research. Please help me!Thank you.


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Re: What are the various stages of writing

Unread postby Susan » Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:10 pm

you could look at these posts by Lucy Pollard:

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=88

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=94&p=172#p172


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Re: What are the various stages of writing

Unread postby systematic » Fri Jun 20, 2008 8:29 am

This http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/tesl-ej/ej30/r2.html is a summary by Elizabeth Cramer of Brigham Young University, of a series of textbooks on writing which I have used many times with great success with students in S.E.Asia. They are suitable for students from Grade 10 through university 1st & 2nd year English Foundation courses as part of a bachelor degree programme.

Ready to Write: A First Composition Text (3rd edition)
K. Blanchard & C. Root (2003)
New York: Longman
Pp. iv + 156
ISBN: 0130424633 (paper)
$26.60

And here is the publisher's catalogue page for the series:
http://eltcatalogue.pearsoned-ema.com/Course.asp?Callingpage=Catalogue&CourseID=QZ
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Re: What are the various stages of writing

Unread postby Peter Easton » Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:40 am

This is my approach:

1. Free flow thought - just get the ideas out of your head, don't think about spelling or grammar at this stage
2. Draft development around the key points - I think of this as 'fattening' the piece
3. Edit - Re-jig the word order and sentence structure to enhance the style / impact. Fix the punctuation
4. Leave for 24 hours - If you can. You always notice new things and see the piece from a new light
5. Polish
6. Proofread
7. Submit

Writing is a craft. It's just like painting a picture - you know instinctively when it's finished and when you walk away from it and return you usually spot something you missed.

Try to introduce rhetoric where you can - there are many devices you can adopt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech
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Re: What are the various stages of writing

Unread postby james wilkins » Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:18 pm

Develop your topic
Identify your audience
Research
Organize and prewrite
Draft/write
Revise
Proof read
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