Writting process

• The writing process


  1. Pre-writing

  2. Drafting (writing)

  3. Revising

  4. Editing and proofreading

  5. Publishing
• Pre-writing


  Planning, brainstorming and gathering information
• Planning


  1. Understand the demands of the question

  2. Study the wording of the question

  3. Note the meaning of key words like analyse, evaluate, describe, etc.
• Brainstorming


  1. Generate ideas and write down points that occur

  2. Free writing without any particular order
• Gathering information


  1. Search for relevant titles and subtitles

  2. Check the author and date of publication

  3. Read abstracts and table of contents

  4. Review references to find other sources

  5. Read relevant sections critically and make notes
• Drafting (writing)


  1. Use pre-writing notes to identify the thesis

  2. Begin writing the introduction, body, and conclusion

  3. Allow new ideas to emerge and connect them to the plan

  4. Don't focus too much on perfection at this stage
• Revising


  1. Review the draft after a few days to become the reader

  2. Check if ideas are presented in a logical order

  3. Expand on inadequate details and improve connections between ideas
• Editing and proofreading


  1. Check for issues with sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and citation

  2. Proofread to fine-tune and ensure perfection before publishing
• Publishing the final work

  1. Submit to instructor or lecturer

  2. Enter a competition or contest

  3. Send to a journal or magazine editor

  4. Post online
• The key things learned in this unit are: the pre-writing stage, the writing process of drafting, revising, editing and proofreading, and the final published essay or academic paper
• The practice exercise is to write a 2000-word academic essay on the topic "Evaluate the use of the Ghanaian languages as the medium of instruction in the educational system in Ghana" going through all the writing processes discussed