Week 1-Pre-Writing Strategies Flashcards
There are two main characteristics that must be present in writing a text:
the
content and the form. It is said that “writing without form is like a human
body without skeleton; writing without content is like a skeleton with no
flesh.” (Mt. Edgecumbe 2)
According to Dagdag (2010), there are six steps in the writing process. These
are the following:
- Pre-writing – this is also called the invention or brainstorming stage. It is
not easy coming up with something to write. In this stage, you narrow
your topic into the most important and relevant. Ask yourself these things
before getting to writing: “Why should you write about this?” and “why
should anyone read it?” You may come up with as many ideas as possible
within a given time frame. Some examples to take note in pre-writing are
listing, fast writing, spidering and mapping. - Organizing – this stage is vital in incorporating coherence in the
transition of your writing. After exhausting all possible ideas related to a
topic, you may now focus in arranging these ideas and thoughts into a
sensible order. - Writing – with a form in place and the content that would go with it, this
is the stage where these ideas would be expressed in complete sentences
and paragraphs. - Revising – this is the stage where you polish the order of your ideas and
filter the information needed to get your point across. This is where you
start to look for any mechanical errors and correct them. - Editing – the stage where you go over your written work and check it for
basic errors such as spelling, punctuation and grammar. - Writing the final draft – after your work has gone through revisions, you
would now have to write your final draft, which you are ultimately
content with.
According to Dagdag (2010), there are six steps in the writing process. These
are the following:
- Pre-writing – this is also called the invention or brainstorming stage. It is
not easy coming up with something to write. In this stage, you narrow
your topic into the most important and relevant. Ask yourself these things
before getting to writing: “Why should you write about this?” and “why
should anyone read it?” You may come up with as many ideas as possible
within a given time frame. Some examples to take note in pre-writing are
listing, fast writing, spidering and mapping. - Organizing – this stage is vital in incorporating coherence in the
transition of your writing. After exhausting all possible ideas related to a
topic, you may now focus in arranging these ideas and thoughts into a
sensible order. - Writing – with a form in place and the content that would go with it, this
is the stage where these ideas would be expressed in complete sentences
and paragraphs. - Revising – this is the stage where you polish the order of your ideas and
filter the information needed to get your point across. This is where you
start to look for any mechanical errors and correct them. - Editing – the stage where you go over your written work and check it for
basic errors such as spelling, punctuation and grammar. - Writing the final draft – after your work has gone through revisions, you
would now have to write your final draft, which you are ultimately
content with.
– this is also called the invention or brainstorming stage. It is
not easy coming up with something to write. In this stage, you narrow
your topic into the most important and relevant. Ask yourself these things
before getting to writing: “Why should you write about this?” and “why
should anyone read it?” You may come up with as many ideas as possible
within a given time frame. Some examples to take note in pre-writing are
listing, fast writing, spidering and mapping.
Pre writing
this stage is vital in incorporating coherence in the
transition of your writing. After exhausting all possible ideas related to a
topic, you may now focus in arranging these ideas and thoughts into a
sensible order.
Organizing
with a form in place and the content that would go with it, this
is the stage where these ideas would be expressed in complete sentences
and paragraphs.
Writing
– this is the stage where you polish the order of your ideas and
filter the information needed to get your point across. This is where you
start to look for any mechanical errors and correct them
Revising
– the stage where you go over your written work and check it for
basic errors such as spelling, punctuation and grammar
Editing
after your work has gone through revisions, you
would now have to write your final draft, which you are ultimately
content with. These steps comprise the basic writing process. Following each step would
ensure quality written output, regardless of your topic and content.
Writing the final Draft
this is defined by Tiongson (2016) as the first stage of writing that
“pertains to different techniques that help you discover ideas before writing
the first draft of a paper.”
Pre writing
What are the pre writing strategies
Tiongson (2016) suggests that during this stage, you must keep an open
mind. This stage is for discoveries and free writing, without the hold of
criticism. Unleash all the possible ideas that could come from a topic.
In writing your paper, you must first identify what kind of paper you are
tasked to write. What is it for? Who will benefit from it? What are the
instructions given in writing this paper? Analyzing the instructions carefully
would help in figuring out what your writing is supposed to be.
You must determine the purpose of writing your paper. Narrow down your
choices into specific topics. The reason why you’re writing the paper must be
clear to you so that you can also properly identify your target audience.
According to Tiongson (2016), your purpose in writing may be answered by
the following questions:
What do you want to accomplish?
Why are you sending this message?
With a purpose, ask yourself how you plan to achieve this purpose. Would
you need to support your argument with evidences? Would you need to
defend your stand’s weaknesses?
After setting your mind on a way to achieve your purpose, you must
determine your target audience or your readers. Think of your reader’s
needs. Present your ideas clearly or in the manner in which your readers
would find easiest to understand.
The KU Writing Center (2011) gave the following generic questions to these
six basic questions:
- Who? – Who are the participants? Who is affected? Who are the primary
actors? Who are the secondary actors? - What? – What is the topic? What is the significance of the topic? What is
the basic problem? What are the issues? - Where? – Where does the activity take place? Where does the problem or
issue have its source? At what place is the cause or effect of the problem
most visible? - When? – When is the issue most apparent? (past? Present? Future?)
When did the issue or problem develop? What historical forces helped
shape the problem or issue and what point in time will the problem or
issue culminate in a crisis? When is action needed to address the issue or
problem? - Why? – Why did the issue or problem arise? Why is it an issue or problem
at all? Why did the issue or problem develop in the way that it did? - How? – How is the issue or problem significant? How can it be addressed?
How does it affect the participants? How can the issue or problem be
resolved?
this is also called listing. This is one of the most common
methods of discovering a topic. All you would need is to list or jot
down as much ideas as you can within a given amount of time. It is
suggested to start from general ideas and from there, write down all
the possibilities.
Brainstorming
Tiongson (2016) explained that _____ does
not aim for a coherent line of thoughts but a quantity of options to
choose from as your writing topic. After listing all of them down, make
sure to pick the one that best suits your purpose or reason for writing.
It may also be the most interesting out of the group or simply the one
you are most knowledgeable. The selection of topics may be broad but
you may also find unlikely connections between each to create
another possible topic
Brainstorming
this is also called mind mapping or idea mapping. This is a
technique in finding a writing topic wherein you find the relationships
between ideas. To start this method, you must first put a subject forth
and enclose it in a circle or underline it for emphasis. With that
subject, think of other ideas that would link to the single subject and
connect them using lines. These new ideas would also make you think
of other related topics and you must also do the same to link them.
These new ideas borne from a main idea are called subtopics.
Clustering
