Writing Process

The writing process starts with an idea.The first basis step is simply to get your ideas out of your head and onto somewhere, not necessarily a formal piece of paper. I believe this is why many writers need to have sticky notes attached to their night stand and car windshield or toaster. If they have a thought that has to be written down immediately, there needs to be a space near by where they can get it down before it flutters away.

The second step is to organize the dozens of thoughts that are written down. Gathering the thoughts and having them all in front of you at once is essential.After that they should be grouped by similarities, and then written out into full thoughts and sentences on one page.

The third step is to begin to reform the thoughts into something more concise and flowing. You have to mold the thoughts into something meaningful so that they flow and say something worth looking at.

The fourth step would be a peer edit, if a peer won't edit it, that probably means it's till too bad for another human to look at. Once a second party has glanced through it, a final revision should be done to work out the kinks. I deliberately am being vague, this allows the user of this writing process template to individualize it to their unique situation. Obviously, the writing process would have to be different for different types of writing pieces.