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WHAT IS WRITING?
It is considered as a complex process that allows writers to explore thoughts and ideas.
Concretization of sentences is an important part of the writing just like laying the foundation for a house construction.
The writer must first “Think” in the language that he or she is writing.
According Annie Dillard; Writing is a hard, conscious, terribly frustrating work!
The writing process needs constant thought of grammar and words and the production of the writing material.
TECHN ICAL WR IT IN G VS. CR EATIVE WR IT IN G
Technical Writing
Creative Writing
Content Factual, straight forward
Imaginative, metaphoric or
symbolicAudience Specific GeneralPurpose Inform,
instruct, persuade
Entertain, provoke, captivate
Style Formal, standard, academic
Informal, artistic,
figurativeTone Objective Subjective
Vocabulary Specialized General, evocative
Organization Sequential, systematic
Arbitrary, artistic
THE W’S AND H’S IN WRITING
What• This explains about the topic or the subject.
Why- the purpose of your writing.
Who – Writer & audience/reader for whom or to whom the writing is intended.
When – If all the information needed is gathered.
Where – A place where you can concentrate and free from distractions.
How – Writers have different writing and presentation styles
STEPS IN WRITING
Pre-writing
- Find your idea/identify a topic.
-Gather information or references that is in line to your idea.
-Plan the structure of your output.
For some book, there are things that needs to be identified.
• Purpose in writing• Who are your target audience?• Action Response Anticipated from the reader• Outline form of your piece
Step 2•Writing•Now you have your plan and you’re ready to start writing. Remember, this is your first rough draft. Forget about word count and grammar.
Step 3
Revision
Your story can change a great deal during this stage. When revising their work, many writers naturally adopt the A.R.R.R. approach:
• Add: The average novel has between 60,000 and 100,000 words. Does your book have enough words to be considered a novel? Have you given your readers all the information they need to make sense of your story? If not, go back to your notebook that you kept for additional scenes and any additional details.
• Rearrange: Consider the flow, pacing and sequencing of your story. Would the plot be better served if some of the events occur in a different order?
• Remove: After making additions to your story, how is your word count now? Are your readers experiencing information overload? You may need to eliminate passages that don’t quite fit.
• Replace: The most effective way to revise your work is to ask for a second opinion. Do you need more vivid details to help clarify your work? Is one scene contradicting another? Ask friends or fellow writers to take a look and give you feedback, and if something isn’t working rewrite it and replace it.
Step 4• Editing• You have overhauled your story. It’s time
to fine tune your manuscript line by line. Check for repetition, clarity, grammar, spelling and punctuation. Editing is an extremely detailed process and its best when performed by a professional.
Step 5• Publishing
POI NTS TO PONDER AND REM EM BER FOR G OOD WRI T I NG ( 5CS)
Clear: if writing is not clear, it can cause serious and perhaps costly misunderstanding. Poor sentence structure, misused words, flawed grammar, redundancy and verbosity can all cause unclear writing
Correct: This means it is correct as its content as well as grammar, spelling, word usage and even punctuation.
Concise: The writing should not contain a lot unnecessary words or information.
Complete: It should have pertinent information. When you’re writing, stop when, but not until, you’ve said all you need to say.
THIN GS TO IDEN TIFY IN WR IT IN G A SHORT STORY
Elements of short story•Plot: It is called the framework or skeleton of the story.•It refers to the sequence of events that are linked together.
Plot diagram/triangle• Exposition: This comes at the beginning of a story.• Rising Action: The struggle grows stronger.• Climax: The most exciting part in the story. It is the
turning point.• Falling Action: Events move towards the end of the
story.• Resolution: The study is brought to an end.
Characters: refers to the person or individual in a story that performs the action of the plot.
Types of Character•Protagonist•Antagonist•Minor Characters
Conflict: refers to the struggle between two or more characters in a short story.
Types of Conflict•External Conflict•Man vs Man•Man vs Nature•Man vs Society
•Internal Conflict•Man vs himself/herself
Setting: refers to the time and locale of the story.
Point of view: It is the direction from which the writer has chosen to tell the story.
Types• First person• Third person limited• Third person Omniscient
Theme: refers to the central idea or belief in a short. It is what the author is saying through the story
PO RTFO LIO ENTRY
Dream Writing
Write out your dream of the past few nights: what you saw in your dream; how you dreamt about; where and how it happened; how you might have interpreted that dream of yours.
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