8.1 Apply Prewriting Models
These are the five steps in the writing process:
- Prewriting
- Outlining the structure of ideas
- Writing a rough draft
- Revision
- Editing
Prewriting
If you, a student, have to write a paper about how busy you are in a typical week, then drawing out a typical weekly schedule on a calendar is a prewriting exercise.
Effective writing can be simply described as good ideas that are expressed well and arranged in the proper order. This chapter will allow you to work on all these important aspects of writing. Although many more prewriting strategies exist, this chapter covers six:
- using experience and observations
- freewriting
- asking questions
- brainstorming
- mapping
- searching the Internet.
The strategies in this chapter can help you overcome the fear of the blank page and confidently begin the writing process.