Writing help!

Running head: STEPS OF WRITING A COMPOSITION

During Discussion 2, you shared your “real” writing process. Now, take some time to

reflect on your current process and your experience working on Essay I. Then, consider your

"ideal" writing process. In other words . . .

 In an ideal world, what steps would you take to ensure your work is representative

of your best efforts?

 What would you change about your “real” writing process, and why?

 What would you keep the same, and why?

 Would you factor in any new (or, perhaps, forgotten) strategies, techniques, and/or

resources?

For this week’s Original Post, describe your “ideal” writing process in detail. Be sure to

answer the questions posed above. Also, make sure you consider your environment, cover each

phase of the writing process (pre-writing, writing, revising, editing/proofreading), and discuss your

approach to research and avoiding plagiarism. To format your Original Post, you may choose to

make use of lists (with bullets, numbers, letters, etc.) and/or craft your answers in short paragraphs.

Here is My Discussion 2

There are a number of various steps that I have followed when I like to write something.

The first step is selecting the environment where I will do my writing. I prefer a place where there

are fewer distractions, where there are no peoples around. In addition, I often get cold when I focus

on doing somethings; hence, I need a place that can keep me warm. The workroom in my house is

the place, which has everything that I need, since it is quiet and cozy. I have always been a chair

spinner whenever I get bored, tired or to help me to relax and think about what I am going to write

next. For this reason, a swivel chair is a must-have when I am working on a composition. The

content I will use to do my writing is usually the internet, the library sources, and the Vietnamese

– English dictionary.

The second step is getting the ideas that I will include in my composition writing. This is

mostly done by brainstorming, where I storm my brain for ideas, writing them down quickly and

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also including short notes. I usually use numbers to put my ideas in order and also select the best

ideas of the one that I am having since I may not use all the ideas.

The third step is drafting where I start the actual writing, in this step, I do not worry about

the spelling, punctuation, and grammar or the best wording. I finish my first draft without making

any corrections, and leave wide spaces for addition and comments as well. In areas where I am not

sure of the punctuations or the spelling of a word, I usually put question marks (?) and hyphens (-

) and goes on so that I can check on them later after am through with the draft.

The fourth step is revising what I have written. I check whether I have delivered what I

wanted to say in a clear and appropriate way, and also in a way that will interest my readers. In

this step, I also change the orders of some parts by taking out ideas and parts that are not necessary

and adding others and saying them in a better way. I also make some sentences short by combining

two or three into one.

The fifth step is proofreading and editing my composition this is by changing parts that are

not useful for the composition, correcting vocabulary by substituting one word for another,

correcting grammar and punctuation and spelling errors that I have in my writing. This is where I

use my dictionary to make some clarification on spelling.

The final step is ensuring my composition is not plagiarized and that was my original ideas

and not from another writer. It is done by using online applications such as, “Paperrater” or

“Smallseotools”. Consequently, I do not have to worry about having a composition where ideas

were from an online source.