b Narration, the purpose of writing is to tell a story or relate the story of
facts or events. c
Exposition, the purpose of writing is to inform or to explain something.
5. The Processes of Writing
Writing is not a simple process, it is a hard work. However, writing is an opportunity to convey writer’s ideas and to communicate his views to people.
Sometimes students cannot communicate their ideas systematically to other in written language. They find that their writing is bad and ineffective. Actually, the
student requires time and some process to make an effective good writing. To make writing effective, the students should know some stages to
make a
good writing,
they are:
prewriting, drafting,
revising, editingproofreading.
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a. Pre writing
In the prewriting stage the students take time to think about their topic and to generate ideas.
1. Generating ideas. There are a number of strategies and techniques for
generating ideas. • Brainstorming is a way to associate ideas and stimulate ideas and
stimulate thinking.
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The purpose of a brainstorming is to bring up as many ideas as possible in a short amount of time.
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To brainstorm, start with a word or phrase and let the students’
thoughts go in whatever direction they will.
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Betty Mattix Dietsch, Reasoning Writing Well, p. 9
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Regina L. Smalley and Mary K. Ruetten, Refining Composition Skills: Rhetoric and Grammar
, p. 7
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Nancy A. Cramer, The writing process: 20 Projects for group Work Cambridge: Newbury House Publishers, 1985, p. 3
• Free writing. This technique is to narrow a subject into a topic, involves writing whatever comes to mind without worrying about
spelling, grammar, punctuation, or complete sentences.
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• Clustering. It is making a visual map of the student’s ideas. It frees him from following a strictly linear sequence; thus, it may allow
the student to think more creatively and make new associations. 2.
Planning. It is designed to find and produce information in writing. Students need to locate and explore a variety of subject. The students
need to invent alternative ways to think and write about each subject.
b. Drafting
In the second stage of writing, the students transform ideas into sentences in a semi-organized manner. Here the purpose is to let the students’
ideas develop, expand, and form links. Drafting is primary – stage of discovery and exploration.
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c. Revising
Revising is rethinking what the students have written so far and to improve the student’s paper in any way he choose. When revising, the
students can even reevaluate decisions he made at the beginning of the writing process.
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d. Editing Proof Reading
