The Objective of the Research

punctuation and vocabulary to use, etc. 7 . Based on her opinion, writing is a kind of problem-solving rather than writing from dictation or pure copying of someone else’s text. We can conclude that writing is part of communication, which can learn by anyone, writing also an important form of communication in day to any life. When we write something, we have to consider many aspects because writing is a complex skill, for examples; grammar, vocabulary, mechanic, fluency and form. According to Heaton, there are several components or main areas in writing: a. Language use means the ability to write correct and appropriate sentences b. Mechanical skill means the ability to use correctly those conventions peculiar to the written language, for example, punctuation, spelling, etc. c. Treatment of content means the ability to think creatively and develop thoughts, excluding all irrelevant information. d. Stylistic skill means the ability to manipulate sentences and paragraphs, and use language effectively e. Judgment skill means the ability to write in appropriate manner for a particular purpose with a particular audience in mind, together with an ability to select, organize, and order relevant information. 8

2. Process of Writing

Writing is a process of discovery, which involves a series of steps, and those steps are very often a zigzag journey 9 . Sometime, someone who want to write anything waste their long time with their blank paper although they have sit down for a long time because writing needs hard thinking to gaining ideas, organizing them, generating paragraph, and so on. According to Miller, four stages will make the writing better and effective. They are planning, drafting, revising and editing. 10 7 Paul Iley, Using Literacy to Develop Thinking Skills with Children Aged 7-11, London: David Fulton Publishers Ltd., 2005, p. 73. 8 J.B Heaton, Writing English Lnaguage Tests. London: Longman, 1988. p. 135. 9 Langan, John, English Skill Eight Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2008, p. 15. 10 Robert Keith Miller, Motives for Writing Fifth Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006, p. 7.