Patterns for College Writing (Part 1) ~Beginning~

• How to be a more productive writer & become more productive for writing

• Stages of writing process [ a process that experienced writers follow when they write

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The writing process

• Invention:

  ~ the stage of writing when a writer explores the writing assignment, focuses on idea, and ultimately decides on a thesis or an essay. A writer must choose tone and diction carefully, indicate what the essay is about, and suggest to readers what direction it will take.

  [Also called “pre-writing”] During invention, you decide what to write about and gather information to support or explain what you want to say.

• Arrangement:

  During arrangement, you decide how you are going to organize your ideas.

• Drafting and Revising:

  During drafting and revising, you write several drafts as you reconsider your ideas and their organization and refine your style and structure.

• Editing and Proofreading:

  During editing, you focus on grammar and punctuation, sentence style, and word choice. During proofreading, you correct spelling, mechanical errors, and typos and check your essay formats.

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• Ideas don’t always flow easily, key ideas are always develop and don’t wind up n your essay

• Continue to work until ideas begin to shape

• Many different types of ways to find ideas, considering methods of organization, looking for the right words, and correcting grammar, and punctuation

• Some make outlines, others do not. Some take notes in the intervention stage, others keep notes mentally in there head.

The more you write, the better acquainted you will become with your personal writing process and the better you will learn how to modify it to suit various writing tasks