The Steps of the Writing Process

What step of the writing process involves using strategies such as listing, outlining, planning, and brainstorming?

• Drafting
• Prewriting
• Revising
• Publishing

Which of the following definitions most closely aligns to the revision step?

• During this stage, the author makes spelling and grammatical changes to his or her writing. 
• During this stage, the author reviews and alters his or her message of the paper.
• During this stage, the author finalizes his or her project and presents it as a final draft
• During this stage, the author writes the first copy of the paper.

When you have finished revising and editing a piece of writing, you can decide how to present your writing to an audience. This stage is called...

• Planning
• Prewriting
• Publishing
• Drafting

During this stage of the writing process, authors proofread for grammatical and spelling errors. 

• Editing
• Prewriting
• Drafting
• Revising

During this stage of the writing process, authors take their notes from the prewriting stage and begin writing sentences and paragraphs for their papers. 

• Publishing
• Editing
• Drafting
• Planning