The Writing Process

How many stages are in the writing process?

• 6

• 10

• 3

• 5

Looking up facts about your topic and taking notes is part of which step of the writing process?

• Editing

• Revising

• Drafting

• Prewriting

• Publishing

You've already gathered your ideas. Now, you are writing them down in a "sloppy copy" for the first time. This is part of which step in the writing process?

• Editing

• Revising

• Drafting

• Prewriting

• Publishing

What do you do in the second stage of the writing process?

• Write!

• Nothing!

• Stare at the paper and hope the perfect essay will magically appear!

• Worry about spelling!

The Writing Process helps writers improve their writing.

• True

• False

• I don't know.

• I have never heard of the Writing Process.

Do you agree with the statement, "I should never let anyone else look at my work until I have published my writing"?

• Yes, I don't want anyone to steal my ideas!

• No, a second set of eyes might find errors I missed.

• I don't know.

What is the first stage of the writing process?

• Pre-Writing

• Publishing

• Revising

• Drafting

What is the second stage of the writing process?

• Publishing

• Editing

• Drafting

• revising

What is the third stage of the writing process?

• Revising

• Editing

• Drafting

• Publishing

What is the fourth stage of the writing process?

• Drafting

• Revising

• Editing

• Publishing