Develop a game plan for your message
Get ready to write with prewriting |
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What is prewriting? Get ready to write Plan your message in Step 1 of the writing process Get to the top of page 1: Research your message, develop your story angle and organize your piece in the prewriting phase of the writing process. |
What are the three stages of prewriting? |
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Conduct background research, interviews & observational research Dig up the details: No matter how accomplished a writer you are, your story will be no better than your material. Here’s how to get good at getting the goods. |
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Develop, tighten your story angle Find your focus for concise copy Tighten up: The quickest way to cut copy significantly is to tighten your story angle. |
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Save time — and words — with story structure Writing structure: Save time — and hit your word count the first time, every time — by organizing your piece before you write it. It’s step 2 of the creative process. |
More on prewriting |
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Quotes on the prewriting stage of writing What writers and others say “My working habits are simple: long periods of thinking, short periods of writing.” — Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize-winning novelist |