Process of
Writing
Writing is said to be a process – oriented
skill and it must go through a procedure so
that one can come up with a more effective
effect that a writer made through his
observation. This becomes true when one
has to write about the travels that he would
like to share with readers. As a writer, you
cannot just write immediately your ideas
you must have to organize everything from
the beginning until the end of your writing
Pre – Writing Stage is the preliminary or
preparatory phase in which the writer
explores and select possible topics, subjects
and themes.
During the Writing Stage setting out of
an elucidation of the details and ideas
perceived to be relevant to the topic and
theme of the written work.
Post – Writing Stage is the phase wherein
checking and correcting inconsistencies in
content and mechanics.
Pre – Writing Stage it is where the writer
prepares everything which he is going to
generate ideas and formulates the foundations of
the topic for written output. The brainstormed
ideas will be framed through outlining which will
serve as the backbone or blueprint indicating
how the written output will look like. Here, the
writer will be choosing a topic of what he would
like to write anything that would be from his own
experiences since it is a nonfiction work. Every
detail should be organized as he is going to
generate ideas.
Example of this is when the writer wanted to
write something about a place that he went to
and wanted to promote it to its readers, as for
the pre – writing stage what he will be
researching about the place or if the writer
went there already then information can be
first handed by him so that he could present a
complete knowledgeable data base for the
readers.
During Writing Stage is when the writer put
together all the brainstormed ideas, thus focusing
on the content rather than the structure. Since it is
only temporary, the writer would now organize all
the details perceived to be relevant to the topic
and theme and develop them. When writing, you
must write freely and try to find the best way to
communicate your ideas. When putting all your
generated ideas into paragraph, you should start
by presenting the text topic using a question, an
appropriate quote, or a simple description that
would lead you to the discussion. Then from text
topic we have the thesis statement wherein you are
going to tell your reader the
significance of the narrative under discussion
which is usually a single sentence near the
beginning of your narrative offering a way to
understand it. In presenting the content or the
body, paragraph should present one idea or
aspect of the general topic and begin with a topic
sentence that will orient the reader to what
follows within the paragraph. Provide as much as
possible supporting sentences by means of using
examples, explanations, facts (trivia), opinions.
Remember that in this part of the process, you
should not be too harsh on yourself and do not
focus on fine nuances in meaning at this point.
Example, in a travelogue, the body should focus
on what you wanted to show regarding the
place. Make sure that when you are presenting
details it should be supported enough that the
readers will be able to understand it. Theme of
what you are writing should also be developed
in this stage. It must be felt all throughout the
writing process and it must not confuse the
readers. Make sure that what you reflected in
your introduction and body will be totally in toto
reflected in the end part of your narrative, it
should have a different way to present
everything. You may end it with a question or
better a challenge for the readers.
Post – Writing Stage this is the phase when
inconsistencies that you have written in the
draft is being carefully checked and corrected in
terms of its content and mechanics. In this
stage, the written text is shared with other
audience, can be another learner (peer) or a
teacher. Your peer (another learner) will
read your narrative if there is a sense. Since
there is a re – reading that will happen, your
peer will eliminate fluff (unnecessary or
redundant details).
Not only the fluffs will be eliminated or
checked, even spellings, vocabulary grammar
are critically looked by another peer paying
attention to content organization and
mechanics leading you to focus on the bigger
picture of your draft (revision) and on the finer
details, making sure every word contributes
precise meaning to your writing subject.
THESIS STATEMENT
Short statement usually one sentence that
summarizes the main point or claim and is
developed, supported and explained in the
text by means of examples and evidences
TOPIC SENTENCE
Sentence that introduces a paragraph by
presenting that one topic that will be the
focus of that paragraph
Revision is a process of going back
through your whole draft there will be
adding in, taking out, moving around, and
polishing certain parts of draft.
Editing (Proofreading) a meticulous
process of clarifying meaning by revising
each word and line of your draft.
