Pre-writing

Prepared by: Molina, Angelene

Mae T.
 About pre-writing  Choosing a topic
• First stage of the writing process. • A broad subject area will be
• Aimed to discover and explore assigned.
our initial ideas about a subject.
• First steps • Discover an interest within the
subject area.
o The invention stage.
o Anything you do before writing
• A good topic not only covers
your first draft.
what an assignment will be
o Usually begins with you
about but also fits the
thinking about your writing
assignment’s purpose and its
purpose and audience.
audience.
o Use prewriting techniques to
generate ideas.
 Discovering an interest
• Sometimes, it is difficult to
discover an interest. Try
finishing the following
sentences.
o I am curious about…
o I am confused about…
o Recently, I have been
thinking a lot about…
 Narrowing the interest
• After choosing an interest,
you must narrow it to a
plausible topic.
 Brainstorming
• Underneath your topic, make
a list of more specific ideas.
• Think of your general topic
as a broad category and the
list items as things that fit in
that category.
• Often you will find that one
item can lead to the next,
creating a flow of ideas that
can help you narrow your
focus to a more specific
paper topic.
 Idea mapping
• Idea mapping allows you to
visualize your ideas on paper
using circles, lines, and arrows.
• This technique is also known as
clustering because ideas are
broken down and clustered, or
grouped together.
• Shapes show how the ideas relate
or connect, and writers can find a
focused topic from the
connections mapped.
 Searching the Internet
• Using search engines on the
Internet is a good way to see
what kinds of websites are
available on your topic.
• Writers use search engines not
only to understand more about
the topic’s specific issues but
also to get better acquainted
with their audience.
 Free-writing
• Free-writing is a process of
generating a lot of information by
writing non-stop.
• It allows you to focus on a
specific topic, but forces you to
write so quickly that you are
• unable to edit
Free-writing anynarrow
of your ideas.
your
topic
 The Questions
• Who? What? Where? When?
Why? How? In everyday
situations, you pose these kinds
of questions to get more
information.
• Asking these types of questions
will also help you with the
writing process.
• As you choose your topic,
answering these questions can
help you revisit the ideas you
already have and generate new
ways to think about your topic.
Thank you
for
Listening!