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Rhetoric and WritingMain MenuINTRODUCTION to COLLEGEWRITINGRHETORICAL ANALYSISARGUMENTCRITICAL READING AND THINKINGRESEARCHCOLLABORATIONRESOURCES and TOOLSTECHNOLOGYCSUP Writing Faculty38b4b2b253a699a3bda91d10e0994abce80243ec
Processes and Phases
1media/pexels-photo-450278.jpeg2017-09-22T14:14:35-07:00Elise Russellb1f3c1bf812b0f8d2b64b372573aa9d449cb231c2294213image_header5084852018-08-10T03:36:52-07:00Heather Hopkins Bowers3aeace152b3517c86af8dc2b2708ff84ffec8502There are three main phases to the writing process: planning, drafting, and revising. You will find as you write, however, that writing is recursive. It is not linear. Even though it would be easier to plan, draft, and then revise your work and turn it in, that's not the way that writing happens. Instead, the process is messy. What this means is that even though we may want to follow steps a, b, and c in that order, instead you may follow steps a, b, a, c, a, b (and so on...) instead. The process that you follow will vary based on your purpose for writing, what you are writing, and the steps that may be required by your individual instructor.