WHAT ARE THE 4 GENERAL STEPS IN WRITING?

1. Pre-Writing (planning stage)
2. ??
3. ??
4. revising and proofreading??

5 answers

2)Writing
3)Checking for mistakes
4)revising
what are the essentials of writing?
I have no idea what specifics are in your text, but here's what I have always taught my students:

The writing process --

Prewriting: Brainstorm, research, plan, outline, thesis statement

Writing: Write first draft by starting with section II of your outline; write the introduction after the body of the paper is written; write the conclusion last.

Polishing: Revise, concentrating first on the body of the paper, then the intro, then the concl (revision = making sure ideas are logical and sequential and support your thesis); proofread (spelling, grammar, usage, etc.)

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html#org
from http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/catalogue.html

http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/

http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/
Click on Step by Step for the process. Click on Info Search for help with researching.
thank you jeff and writeacher.. can you please give me the essentials of writing?
In the TWO MINUTES between my answer and your last post, did you bother to read anything? The answers are all there.

If you don't want to read what I posted for you, go to www.google.com and search for essentials of writing and READ MANY OF THE WEBPAGES that come up.