Task 3: Stages of 'Writing Process'

There are five stages of writing process that will allow you to explore, investigate, and write about any topic. It can helps you to get, organize ideas, help to write, edit, and write a complete paragraph.

The first stage is pre-writing. In this stages, you will thinking of ideas and inspiration about topic that you are going to write. This means that you are going to write down everything that come out in your mind. To generate your idea, you may also use mind map or bubbling. You will be generate the main idea and start collecting information that is related.

Second is drafting. In this stages, you actually write the text, a collection of words, sentences, and paragraphs that makes up your written expression on the topic. As you write, keep referring back to your notes and the plan that you determined in the first stage, but you still can change the plan if you wanted to. Try to write your ideas in an interesting way and don't worry about the mistakes.

Third is revising. In this stages, you can remove the whole sections, rewrite the entire paragraphs and add information which you have realized the reader will need. The revision stage is summed up with adding, rearranging, removing and replacing which you can modify the content to clarify meaning and expand ideas.

Fourth is editing. You have completed your drafting of the written text and now you have to check in order to ensure that there are no grammar or spelling mistakes. You may go through your piece line by line to make sure that each sentence, phrase and words is strong as possible.

Last but not least is publishing. This is the final stages of writing process which you will write a final copy and post or share you work for viewing or reading.

  

Notes on the stages of 'Writing Process'.

1. Pre-writing.
   Thinking about your topic, gathering information, and creating an outline of 

   your ideas for the structure of the written text that will express your ideas 

   on the topic.
   

2. Drafting.
    You actually write the text; a collection of words, sentences, and paragraphs 

    that makes up your written expression on the topic.
 

3. Revising.
    Re-examining the composed text to improve and polish the structure and 

    content to ensure that it expresses your ideas in the most effective way.

4. Editing.
    You have completed your composing of the written text and now you check 

    to ensure that there are no grammar, spelling, or mechanics errors.

5. Publishing.
    The final step of the writing process is publishing. This means different 

    things depending on the piece you're working on.