3 steps to Writing Better, Easier & Faster
What is an effective writing process? |
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3 steps to Writing Better, Easier & Faster The writing process, step by step: Break your work into three stages of the writing process — prewriting, freewriting and rewriting. |
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Why is the writing process important? It helps you Write Better, Easier & Faster Get there faster: A good writing process helps you finish writing sooner and enjoy writing more. |
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How to overcome writer’s block Work with, not against, your brain Feel stuck? Maybe you just need a better writing routine. |
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Ann’s favorite writers’ block quotes What writers & others say “Woman to a friend over lunch: ‘I got married once — to avoid writing.’” — Victoria Roberts, cartoonist, in a New Yorker cartoon |
Step 1 of an effective writing process |
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Step 1 of the writing process: Prewriting Develop a game plan for your message Action plan: Before drafting, revising and editing, you must prepare to write. Prewriting gets you ready to freewrite, or produce your rough draft. |
Step 2 of an effective writing process |
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Step 2 of the writing process: Freewriting Get words on paper faster Watch your fingers fly across the keyboard: Fill the screen with better copy faster with freewriting. |
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Quotes on the purpose of freewriting What writers and others say “You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.” ― Jodi Picoult, American writer |
Step 3 of an effective writing process |
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Rewriting stage of the writing process Fine-tune your message Revise, edit, and nail spelling, grammar and punctuation. This is what we used to call writing! |
More on an effective writing process |
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Quotes on why is it so hard to write What writers & others say “Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.” — Olin Miller, aphorist |