Writing part 1

Writing part 1

Today I will discuss about writing and divide it in 2 parts. This is the first part. What is writing? What are the processes of writing?

Writing is a way to produce language and express idea, feeling, and opinion. Writing is a process that what we write is often heavily influenced by constraints of genres, than these elements has to present in learning activities. Writing as a form of problem solving in which the writer is faced with two main tasks: a) generating ideas, and b) composing these ideas into a written text that meets the needs of a reader and efficiently communicates the author’s message. It means that is one speaking representative through media. Writing as one of productive skills need a process. There are four steps in writing processes:

1. When planning, the writer has to think about three main issues. First, they have to think about purpose of their writing since this will influence not only the type of text the wish to produce, but also the language they use and the information they choose to include. Secondly, they have to think about the audience, they are writing for, since this will influence not only the shape of writing, but also the choice of language. Thirdly, writer has to consider the content of the structure of the piece that is how best to sequence the fact, idea or argument which they have decided. This stage also called prewriting.

2. The first version of writing called draft. The writer must use the idea that he generated in the planning as a guide.  This stage needs an editing for checking the text.

3. It is almost impossible to write a perfect paragraph on the first try. The first try is called first draft. Perhaps the order of information is not clear enough or the discourse marker is wrong. The way to revise and improve the first draft is called editing. Editing is essential part of preparing a piece of writing for public reading or publication. Richards and Willy stated that “in editing, the writers check grammar, spelling, punctuation, diction, sentence structure, and accuracy of supportive textual material such as quotations, examples and the like”.

4. One writers have edited their draft, making the changes they consider to be necessary, they produce their final version. This may look considerably different from both the original plan and the first draft, because things have changed in the editing process. But the writer is now ready to send the written text to its intended audience.