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Clouse: Jumpstart
Jumpstart!: A Workbook for Writers, 2/e
Barbara Fine Clouse

Your Writing Process

Chapter Outline

Tips for Managing Your Writing Tasks
The Stages of Writing
Stage 1:
  • Finding a Writing Topic
  • Freewriting
  • Asking Questions
Stage 2: Considering Your Purpose and Your Audience
Stage 3:
  • Discovering Ideas for Developing a Topic
  • Listing
  • Mapping
  • Focused Freewriting
  • Keeping a Journal
Stage 4: Writing Your First Draft
Stage 5:
  • Revising Your Draft
  • Revising with the Aid of Reader Response
Stage 6: Editing Your Revised Draft
Stage 7:
  • Proofreading Your Final Copy
  • Writing at the Computer
  • Tips for Writing at the Computer
  • Strategies for Writing at the Computer
Recharge
Getting in Gear
  • Thinking in Writing
  • Writing from Experience
  • Writing in Context