THE NATURE OF WRITING

What is writing?
• Writing can also be thought of as “thinking made visible”.
• Writing is primarily about organizing information and communicating meaning.
• Writing is a recursive process.
…Writing is not a highly organized linear process, but rather a continual movement
(Gardner & Johnson, 1997).
Writing…
• is thinking.
• is about organizing one’s ideas
• is unique to each individual.
• is a cyclical and a continuous process.
• is meant to be read.
This millennium has been coined the “writing-est” of times… Words fly over the airwaves at
the blink of an eye. With each new technology advance, the speed increases and so does pressure
(Miller, 2006)

Why write?
 To communicate feelings, emotions, ideas
(It is inevitable.)
 To record data and events
(for documentation.)
 To preserve memories and ideas
(It is permanent.)
 To elaborate, explain ideas
(It is systematic.)
 Stages and Strategies of the Writing Process
PREWRITING STAGE
• Outlining
• Brainstorming
• Free writing
• Planning
• Clustering
• Use of graphic organizers
WRITING STAGE: Drafting
 Writing down what you know and what you think about the topic in a unified and
coherent manner
 Shows the relationship between or among ideas
 Involves the use of rhetorical patterns or conventional approaches to explain your ideas
POST-WRITING
 Revising for a Second Draft
 Evaluating and polishing the rough draft
 Checking for completeness, clarity, and conciseness
 Editing
 Checking for conventions in grammar, mechanics, spelling, usage, and format
 Publishing