Process Essay: The Writing Process

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In the first step of writing, Crosby and Carter explained that planning can include clarifying what is the purpose of the writing, analyzing who will read the produce of the writing, gathering information about a subject that want to be written, and developing a preliminary sense of structure. The next step, drafting, is the process of writing an initial draft. After that, the next step is revising. It is the process of omitting, adding, and rearranging parts to make the draft suitable with what was being planned in the first step. Then, the last step is editing. In this step, a writer can check and correct the grammar, spelling, and punctuation mistakes in their text (Crosby & Carter, 1986, p. 2-3).
It can be inferred from the steps of writing above, that writing requires some considerations. According to Hyland (2004, p.2), several things that must be considered in writing are language structures, text function, themes or topics, creative expressions, composing processes, content, genre and context of writing. From those …show more content…

82). In a wider definition, Warner (2009, p.22) defined descriptive text as a vivid picture of an animal, place, person or thing. The text brings the reader as if they feel, see, listen, taste, smell or touch something that is described in the text (Ruggiero, 1985: p. 116; Alwasilah & Alwasilah, 2007: p. 114). Stanley (1988, p. 148) stated that the aim of the descriptive text is to convey the reader what something looks like. Moreover, Stanley said that the text attempts to paint a picture with words. Therefore, in order to clarify the appearance of the subject for the reader, a descriptive text writer should develop the tools of the visual artist and describe shapes, colors, p¬¬ositions, and relationships. In addition, Ruggiero (1985: p. 116) stated that this text may also be used to convey thoughts, feelings, impressions and states of

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