Effective Writing Center (EWC)

Chapter 2: The Writing Process - Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Prewriting
  • Understanding Your Assignment
  • Targeting Your Audience
  • Techniques to Get Started
    • Using Systematic Techniques
      • Classic Strategies
      • Traditional Journalist’s Questions
      • Multiple Perspectives
    • Mining Your Intuition
      • Brainstorming
      • Webbing and Chaining
      • Keeping a Journal
    • Outlining
  • Doing Exploratory Research
• Writing
  • Thesis Statement and Controlling Idea
  • Outlining What You Will Write
  • Getting From Notes To Your Draft
    • Freewriting
    • Summarizing Your Ideas
• Rewriting
  • Getting Feedback
  • Being Your Own Critic
  • Creating a Revision Strategy
  • The Final Draft