WORDS YOUR WAY BLOG
Writing is a Process Not a Procedure
Here’s how I learned to compose a piece in high school:
- Write an outline
- Write a rough draft, beginning to end
- Write one or more additional complete drafts
- Edit
- Write down some notes about the topic
- Start a draft
- Think about what I’m writing as I go about my day doing other things
- Write more notes
- Rearrange the ideas using an outline to figure out the structure
- Realize what it is I’m actually trying to say
- Rewrite
- Write a complete draft
- Revise
- Edit
Barbara Ruth Saunders is a writer, editor, and writing coach.