The Simple Guide to The Writing Process

Trying to write and having a hard time? The writing process solves all manner of writer's problems-writer's block, can't get started, not enough information to write, confused about organization, and not sure when to edit. Writers need the writing process to produce high-quality writing for everything from professional memos to research responses to short stories. Writers use the writing process. Period. It gets things done. Without the writing process, writing is a chaotic mess, a natural disaster or emotion and ideas and confusion all wrapped up into a messy package. Save yourself the terrible headache of trying to write free style and use the writing process. The Simple Guide to The Writing Process covers a five-step writing process to help writers improve their techniques. By applying the easy to follow suggestions, writers from the age of 8 to 108 can write more easily, efficiently, and effectively. The Simple Guide to The Writing Process includes infographics, definitions, examples, and embedded videos to assist writers on the writing journey. In this book, readers will learn how to: -Understand the writing process -How to brainstorm enough information to write -Move information from a brainstorm to a plan -Use different graphic organizers to organize information -How to outline -Compose a rough draft of any kind of writing -How to edit a rough draft -How to present a finely-written final draft As well, readers get to see the writing process in action with full examples with brainstorm, plan, rough draft, editing process, and final drafting for presentation of: -Short answer -Expository essay -Persuasive letter -Professional memo -Research response -Narrative story/Personal essay Write better essays, better stories, and better books by applying the tools in this book. Like all of the books in the Simple Guide Books series, The Simple Guide to the Writing Process is written for the person who may struggle with this topic and the person who needs basic explanations with straightforward examples. The book helps students, parents and professionals alike to achieve their goals of improving their writing efficiently.
About the Author: Patricia Martin grew up in Boulder, CO. As the eldest daughter of a book-devouring mother, she loved reading from an early age. "I vividly remember my mother used books as a means to escape; she read for hours and later I did too." After traveling for several years, she earned her BA in Literature and History in 1997, then completed the MA in Writing and Communication in 2007, and the MEd in Educational Leadership in 2014. Having spent her career teaching high school language arts and social studies, she valued how the written word can affect people. "Education is one of the only ways that we can improve ourselves at a low cost." Ms. Martin is the author of three series of children's books: Princess Adventure-stories to teach preschoolers safety lessons; The Curious Viking-stories that put science topics within reach of youngsters; & a Spanish-English language series which is a collaboration project with Denver artist Colleen Hennessy. Ms. Martin also authors instructional books to assist readers and writers, including the Simple Guide Books series. She is an avid hiker and loves living in the Boulder area with her family. Her webpage can be accessed at: http: //patriciamartinauthor.com/ She publishes with On Demand Instruction LLC: http: //www.ondemandinstruction.net/ http: //www.ondemandinstruction.com