Concept of Writing Ability

they have written in order to make any necessary corrections is extremely important. 12 There are some of terms often used to refer to stages in the process writing, 13 like the following: Stages of Writing Process Planning drafting editing final version. The following explanations and suggestions may be useful during particular stages of the writing process. 14 a. Planning Experienced writers plan what they are going to write. Before starting to write or type, they try and decide what it is they are going to say. For some writers this may involve making details notes. When planning, writers have to think about three main issues. In the first place, they have to consider the purpose of their writing, the audience they are writing for, and the content structure of the piece. 15 In the other words, the planning stage also known as prewriting. It requires preliminary thinking about the written assignment as good as some exploration and formal planning of ideas into a structure outline. Oshima says that prewriting is the step in the writing 12 Jeremy Harmer, The Practice of English Language Teaching, New York: Longman, 1988, p.327 13 Jeremy Harmer,Op.Cit.,p.5 14 Ibid. 15 Ibid process in which you get ideas. 16 It means that in this step we just write down the sentences as we think without worrying about the sentences correct or not. Besides that, it can generate ideas and develop main thesis or purpose statement. b. Drafting It refers to the first version of writing as a draft. This first ‘go’ at a text is often done on the assumption that it will be amended later. As the writing process proceeds into editing, a number of drafts may be produced on the way the final version. 17 Therefore, during drafting the writer puts herhis idea into complete thought, such as sentences and paragraph. The writer organizes herhis ideas in a way that allows the reader to understand herhis message. c. Editing Reflecting and Revising The writer has produced a draft, then, shehe usually read through what shehe has written to see how it works. Perhaps the order of the information is not clear. Perhaps the way something is written is ambiguous or confusing. Shehe may use a different form of words for a particular sentence. More skills the writer tends to look at issues at general meaning and over all structure before concentrating on detailed features such as individual words and grammatical accuracy. Besides, it is a particular type of revision focusing especially on language and mechanics. Students may begin editing 16 Alice Oshima and Ann Hogue, Op Cit, p.34 17 Jeremy Harmer, Op Cit, p.5