In relation with the definition of writing proposed by Nunan, Brown 2001:335 writes that writing is a written product of thinking, drafting and
revising that require specialized skills on how to generate ideas, how to organize them correctly, how to use discourse markers and rhetorical
conventions to put them cohesively into a written text, how to revise text for clearer meaning and how to edit text for appropriate grammar and how to
produce a final project. From those explanation, we can conclude that some stages in writing process proposed by Brown involve the act of physical and
mental, for example how to generate ideas and how to organize them correctly.
b. Process of Writing
Writing is a process of producing ideas into a written form. There are some steps that students should pay attention to produce a good writing. A
good writing means good in terms of language, content, purpose, and referred reader. According to Richard and Renandya 2002: 316, the process of
writing has four basic writing stages, they are planning, drafting, revising and editing.
1 Planning In this stage, the students should decide what they will write. In planning
to write, the writers have to consider about three main issues. They are the purpose of their writing that deals with the language they use and the
information they choose. Next is about the reader that will probably read
because it can affect the shape of writing. The last is the content of structure; it deals with generating their ideas in writing.
2 Drafting The second stage of writing process is drafting. The students will focus on
fluency of writing without paying much attention in grammatical accuracy. They are also encouraged to deliver their message to other, for example with
their peer or classmates. 3 Revising
In this stage, the writers usually read through what they have written before. They may find some errors in their writing, such as: the order of
information is not clear enough and the meaning that will be delivered to the reader is still ambiguous. If there are still some errors in their writing, the
students should revise it. So, the ideas of their writing are clearer for the reader.
4 Editing In the last stage, the students are engaged in tidying up their writing as
they prepare the final draft to be evaluated by the teacher. The main activities of this stage are that the students edit their mistakes in grammar, punctuation,
spelling, and vocabulary. From the explanations above, we can conclude that every step cannot
be separated each other because it can give beneficial process for the students in producing their writing. In producing a good writing, the students also need
a motivation from the teacher. The teacher should encourage the students to
