THE WRITING PROCESS

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THE WRITING PROCESS

• CHAPTER 6

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3 PS Model (chpt 1 handout)

• The PROBLEM
• Defines situation need (purpose)
• The PROCESS
• Develop Series of questions
• Step by step guidance to complete task
• The PRODUCT
• Finished document

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5 STEPS In Process

• PLANNING
• DRAFTING
• REVISING
• FORMATTING
• PROOFREADING
• See handout for all above

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PLANNING

• Purpose
• Audience Analysis
• Role of Persuasion
• Content
• Organization

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PURPOSE

• General
• Why your are writing the goal
• Specific
• Refining the general goal
• Examples
• P. 197 new

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General vs. Specific

• General
• To describe the benefits of a frequent stay plan
  at Seaside Resorts
• Specific
• To persuade Cynthia to approve the development
  implementation of a frequent-stay plan for a 12
  month test period in Seasides 3 Oregon resorts.

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Audience analysis

• Who is primary secondary audience?
• Relationship with audience(reader)
• How will audience react?
• What does audience already know?
• What is unique about audience?

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Persuasion

• Ethos
• Appeal based on credibility
• Pathos
• Appeal based on emotion
• Logos
• Appeal based on logic
• Fact, inference, opinion

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CONTENT

• Decide what information to include
• Just enough information
• To not confuse, or lose reader
• Planning information
• Brainstorming
• Mind-mapping (clustering) spider map

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Organization

• Organize points into outline
• Used to draft message
• Classifying
• Major minor points
• Evidence to support
• Expected reaction (approaches)
• Positive direct approach
• Negative indirect approach

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drafting

• First Rough draft
• Throw it out on paper
• Let ideas flow quickly
• Dont worry with
• Style, correctness, format
• Dont be a PERFECTIONIST

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WRITERS BLOCK

• Procrastination
• Impatience
• Perfectionism

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Punching through Writers Block

• Choose right environment
• Reasonable block of time
• State purpose in writing
• Engage in free writing
• Avoid perfectionism
• Think out loud
• Dont write in sequence
• Write the easiest parts first

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Revising

• For content
• For style
• For correctness

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Revising for content

• Is it appropriate for my purpose?
• Will purpose be clear to reader?
• Sensitive to needs of reader?
• Is all information necessary?
• Any info missing?
• Is the order of points effective?

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Revising for Style

• Definition
• Checklist 5 Writing with style
• (p. 183-new)
• Word choice
• Sentences
• Paragraphs
• Overall tone

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Revising for Correctness

• Editing
• Conforms to standard English
• What is Plain English?????
• Grammar spelling
• Punctuation word usage

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FORMATTING

• See reference manual in appendix
• Visual appearance
• Use of space
• Letter examples
• Report examples
• Short long

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Proofreading

• Content errors
• Read out loud
• Read each sentence backward
• Typographical errors (Test 1)
• Format errors
• Does it look good?

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Proofreaders marks(inside back cover)

• Capitalize
• Delete
• Insert
• Move left/right
• Paragraph
• Omit space

• Spelling
• Transpose
• Use lowercase

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Proofreaders Marks