Writing Process

Olympic High School Style Sheet (under construction)

The Writing Process

• Prewriting

1.  Choose and limit your subject

2.  Gather details

3.  Generate a message or thesis statement

4.  Prepare a "map" of your paper using a template such as an outline or flow chart (Inspiration software examples.  See OHS "Multimedia" folder for program.)

• Write and Revise

5.  Write your first draft

6.  Review your first draft rewriting as necessary

• Edit and Proofread

7.  Check your style, word choice, grammar, spelling, and punctuation

8.  Prepare your final paragraph or essay

• Prewriting

1.  Choose and limit your subject

2.  Prepare a "map" of your paper using a template such as an outline or flow chart (Inspiration software examples.  See OHS "Multimedia" folder for program.)

3.  Generate a number of research questions and choose the one that most interests you

4.  Generate a message or thesis statement from your question

5.  Prepare a working bibliography or annotated bibliography

6.  Gather information to support your ideas making notes

7.  Organize your information and write a final outline

• Write and Revise

8.  Write your first draft

9.  Revise your first draft

• Edit and Proof Read

10.  Check your style, word choice, grammar, spelling, and punctuation

11.  Write the final draft

12.  Write the final bibliography