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The document outlines the writing process, emphasizing the differences between creative and technical writing. It details the stages of writing, including prewriting, writing, and post-writing, and provides strategies for generating ideas and organizing content. The importance of audience understanding and effective communication is highlighted throughout the text.

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Lesson-5-The-Writing-Process

The document outlines the writing process, emphasizing the differences between creative and technical writing. It details the stages of writing, including prewriting, writing, and post-writing, and provides strategies for generating ideas and organizing content. The importance of audience understanding and effective communication is highlighted throughout the text.

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Jennifer Llanos Parilla
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English for

academic and
professional
purposes
SH001
HAVE YOU EVER
WRITTEN A STORY?
WHAT ARE THE
STEPS THAT YOU
DO IN ORDER TO
WRITE A STORY?
IS IT NECESSARY
FOR YOU TO WRITE
AN INTERESTING
INTRODUCTION?
CAN YOU WRITE
EFFECTIVELY
WITHOUT PLANNING
THE CONTENT OF
YOUR OUTPUT?
LESSON 5:

THE WRITING
PROCESS
SH001
LESSON
OVERVIEW:

Technical vs. The Writing Prewriting


Creative Process Stage

The Writing The Post Writing Generalization


Stage Stage
WRITING
It is translating thoughts into words printed on
paper or published online for people to read.
What do you think
is difference
between creative
and technical
writing?
Schools start with
creative writing.

CREATIVE Creative writing was

WRITING
also integrated into
technology.

The author’s
imagination plays a key
factor in creative writing.

The goal is to weave


words together in
creative expression.
CREATIVE WRITING
Arcane Violating the rules Audience is not
vocabulary and grammar the focus

Self- Open ending Everything is


interpretation acceptable
It is often used in the
workplace.
Technical Due to its wide inclusion,

writing
the term “Academic
writing” will be used.

The author places


The end goal is for the utmost importance to
audience to understand audience.
the message the same
way that the writer
intends. The goal is to
communicate.
Technical writing

Academic Workplace & Audience is the


writing academe focus

Communication Mutual No misinterpretation


is the key understanding should occur
What are the
main goals of
creative writing
and technical
writing?
THE WRITING
PROCESS
Communication is a
process.

writing Writing is a process.


Writing is one way to
communicate

Writing is not an easy


task.

It takes patience,
energy, and a lot of
brain work.
Prewriting Stage

The
writing
The Writing Stage

The Post writing Stage


process
Pre-writing
stage
Questions:
Prewriting • What is my purpose for

stage
writing?
• For whom am I writing?
This is the most difficult • What message do I want to
writing stage for some communicate?
people.
• What is the best pattern of
The task is to generate ideas writing for this message
that will later form the content that I am sending?
and enrich the substance of • How do I want to sound to
your output. my audience/readers?
STEPS TO PRODUCE
IDEAS IN WRITING

Prewriting
stage
• Freewriting

The next process is to • Clustering


generate, create, or
produce ideas.

• Outlining
Complete the
sentence:

Planning helps…
FREEWRITING • Keep writing or typing until
you hear the alarm.

• Know the topic that you • Write any word that comes
want to communicate. to your mind.

• Set an alarm for 10-15 or • At this stage, do not pay


even 30 minutes. attention yet to the
substance.
• Write or type as fast as you
can continuously. • Your goal is to produce as
many ideas as you can.
Try!
With the topic,
“political situation
in the Philippines,”
write as many ideas
as you can in 5
minutes.
• You can also create a
clustering group that you think are
altogether irrelevant.

• Choose the ones that would


• After generating your ideas,
provide the strongest
you should now cluster
support to the message
them into groups.
that you want to
communicate.
• Look at each word, phrase,
and sentence. Group them • Don’t discard all the one
according to their that you haven’t chosen, for
relevance with each other. you may refer to them
again.
What will you do
if your stock
knowledge is not
enough to produce
strong details to
advance your main
point?
outlining • Your outline will visually
clarify the main points and
minor points.
• From the clusters of ideas
that you have, choose • It will be your major guide
which ones are for the next step of writing.
appropriate for each parts.

• For the main body of the • Apply parallelism.


writing output, there should
be at least three major
supporting details.
Complete the
sentence:

Preparing an
outline helps…
The writing
stage
The writing Questions:
stage
• What is my main point for
this write-up?
• How will I introduce my
This is where you have purpose and point for this
already generated sufficient write-up?
ideas.
• What are the details that
would support my main
Your main focus here is: point?
content, form, and
substance. • How will I end this writing
task?
INTRODUCTION
• It should captivate the readers’ attention.

• The purpose and point should be clear.

• It should include the thesis statement and supporting


ideas that would develop later on.
body
• Develop the main supporting details.

• There are no black-and-white rules as to how many


supporting details one should have.

• Use the power of three.


conclusion
• Conclusion is as important as introduction.

• You should satisfy your readers: have all the questions


answered, and have your purpose achieved.

• Conclusion should end with a “boom!”


Take note:
• Does your discourse have
logical reasoning and
relevance?

• Writing and rewriting the • If you have time, leave your


parts can be a tedious paper for a day or two
process. before you proceed to the
last stage.

• Is there substance in your • Better yet, ask someone to


discourse? read it for you and allow
them to critique your paper.
post-writing
stage
Post- Support

writing Unity

stage
Coherence
The post-writing stage is
the proofreading and
revising stage.
Grammar & Mechanics
support unity
Unity in refers to the
relevance of the thesis
statement to the supporting
Check the supporting details details and relevance of
you have provided. supporting details to other
sub details.

See if they are the best Parts that are not relevant
support you can ever think of. should be taken out.
Grammar &
coherence writing
mechanics
Coherence means the
effective sticking together of
your ideas.
Check your sentence
Your discourse or flow of structure. Use different
ideas should be smooth and variations.
clear.
Leave the best for last. Check your grammar. Check
for accuracy in spelling,
Effective use of transitions, appropriateness of
repetition, pronouns, and vocabulary words, and
synonyms. effectiveness of punctuation
marks.
How important
is the writing
process in
academic
writing?
THANK
YOU!

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