The Writing Process

The five stages of producing a piece of writing: prewriting (brainstorming and planning), drafting, revising (reworking ideas and organization), editing (fixing grammar and mechanics), and publishing.

The process is recursive — writers loop back to earlier stages as the piece develops. A thesis drafted in prewriting often gets sharpened during revision once the writer discovers what the draft actually argues.

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