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PROCESS APPROACHWriting skills and stagesPRODUCTAPPROACHLinguisticknowledge(grammarand textstructure)INTEGRATIVEWRITINGAPPROACHGENREAPPROACHSocialcontext(audience,purpose andwritingconventions)Fig. 1At this point it is useful to clarify that the three approaches mentioned above will becombined into one by subsuming the product and the genre approach under the processapproach which, in turn, will serve as the guide to organizing the information in thefollowing chapters. However, the writing approach presented below is by no means intendedto be prescriptive. Instead it has been designed to provide guidance allowing enough roomfor manoeuvre so that writers can adapt these guidelines to their own writing preferences andstyle. We view writing as a non-linear and recursive process composed of three main stages:1. Pre-writing. Before beginning to write you should invest some time planning whatto write and how to transmit the information. In order to do this you should consider(a) audience and purpose (who you are writing to and why), (b) tone and style (howyou transmit the information), (c) gathering of information (brainstorming, analysingsources of information, etc.) and (d) outlining (organization of information).2. Writing. Once you have gathered and organized the information, you can beginwriting a first draft. At this stage, it is important to consider the main parts of thetext, paragraph development and coherence as well as genre conventions. As yourevise and consider all these aspects, it may be helpful to use representative modelsas a reference.3. Post-writing. The final stage of the writing process involves (a) revising content andorganization, (b) checking for grammatical accuracy (c) editing for style and (d)proofreading and peer review. These steps will help you spot any inconsistencies inyour document so as to produce a flawless final version.© The Authors, 2007. © Edicions UPC, 2007
The three main stages of the writing process together with their corresponding substages areshown in Figure 2 below.TheWritingProcessFig. 2Some of the benefits that can be obtained from adopting this process approach are outlinedbelow:• It helps the writer overcome the blank page syndrome and therefore get started.• It serves the writer as a guide to writing since it suggests possible steps to follow in thewriting process.• It makes the writer aware of contextual considerations such as audience and purpose.• It promotes awareness of the writing process.• It accounts for individual variation, that is, it encompasses different learning styles andpreferences.© The Authors, 2007. © Edicions UPC, 2007
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