Writing is a process that involves the following steps:
1.Discovering a thesis(Unity)-often through prewriting
2.Developing solid support for the thesis(support/coherence)-often through more prewriting
3.Organizing the thesis and supporting material and writing it out in a first draft.
4.Revising and then editing carefully to ensure an effective,error-free paper.
Prewriting:
It might be difficult to think of a thesis and details to support it.Prewriting can help solve this problem ,and it can be done more effectively with the following 5 techniques.
Technique 1.Free writing
? ? ~no spelling,grammar or punctuating worries
? ? ~write down anything that comes to your mind
Technique 2.Questioning
? ? ?~question when,what,who,why,how to yourself concerning the subject to generate more supporting materials
Technique 3.Making a list
? ? ~AKA,brainstorming.You collect ideas and details related to your subject
? ? ~make a list of everything
Technique 4.Clustering
? ? ? ~AKA, mapping,diagramming.
? ? ?~Begin by stating your subject in a few word in the center of a blank sheet,put ideas in boxes around it.-思維導(dǎo)圖
Technique 5.Preparing a scratch outline
? ? ~scratch outline serves as an excellent sequel(續(xù)集/結(jié)局) to the previous four techniques.
Writing first draft:
Using the outline to write the first draft and don't worry if you hit as snag-just leave it . Don't worry yet about grammar.Make it your goal to state your thesis clearly and develop the content of your paper with plenty of specific details
Revising:
Revising a rough draft three or four times is often at the heart of the writing process.
? ? ? ~Set your first draft aside for a while so you can come back with a fresh and more objective point of view.
Three stages to the revising process:
~revising content
? ? ~unified?-thesis clearly stated/all supporting paragraphs truly support the thesis
? ? ~supported?-3 supporting points/specific evidence
? ? ~organized?-interesting intro/connecting words
See c3/4 for more details
~revising sentences
? ? ~parallelism/specific words/active verbs/avoid slangs.../vary the sentences
See c5 for more details
~editing
? ?~check for and correct errors in grammar ,spelling,punctuating.
prewriting可以在紙上完成搂鲫，草稿用電腦寫，打出來后進(jìn)行修改，可以提高效率。
以上過程總體而言是啟發(fā)思路，明確主題眶掌，尋找論據(jù)的過程。
