RAWS L2

• The writing process

  • Is how we translate ideas into written text
• Pre-writtting

  • It is the first stage  of writing and it is the most difficult one to do
• Steps to make a better writing output

  1. Clearing your thoughts and gathering information
  2. Narrowing the subject
  3. Determining your purpose
  4. Analyzing the audience
• Organizing

  • This stage entails giving structure to the first draft that you will be writing
• Parallelism

  • Means that you are to use the same pattern like word category or part of speech in the beginning of each line
• Coordination

  • The significance of the heading 1 should be equal to that heading 2
• Subordination

  • The information in the heading should be more general
• Division

  • If you decide to subdivide a particular aspect of your outline, you should be diving a heading or subheading into at least 2 parts
• Topic outline

  • This type is usually made of phrases or clause
• Sentence outline

  • This outline requires that each parts ends with a period
• Alphanumeric Pattern

  • Also known as the number-letter sequence pattern. This kind of flow usess Roman and Arabic characters
• Decimal Patterns

  • This pattern uses decimal notation
• Writing the Draft

  • In this part of the process, you are to write the first draft by following the outline you have drafted according to your chosen topic
• Steps in writing a draft

  1. Choose a writing spot
  2. Follow your outline
  3. Use yo-yo approach
  4. Let your thoughts flow
  5. Choosa a paragraph developing technique
  6. Computerize the rough draft
• Revising

  • Means you are to check which parts of your draft need more explaining and which one requires deletion
• Editing

  • Meams that you are to check the grammar and punctuation in your output
• Final draft writing

  After undergoing the five processes, you have to make sure that you consider all the changes that are identified in your output
• The writing process is composed of 6 steps which are widely expounded by Lori Jamison in 2009
• Patterns of Outline

  The sequence of an outline is also

  important as determines the categorixations and arrangement of the parts that will be followed