If there is one thing we know pretty confidently in my field of rhetoric and composition, it is that to improve your writing you have to consider all aspects of the writing process and not just when the final words hit the page.

There’s no one way to do it, but here are some general stages that typically are useful to think through that I want to share. But before I do, what stages of writing would you name and how would you define them?

On a separate piece of paper or on an application on your device, take 1-2 minutes to map out the full process of how you write from the moment you are thinking through ideas all the way to the point of sharing a final version with some readers.

Once you are finished, open up our class Slack and post the stages of your typical writing process it into our #writing-practice-and-process channel.

Keep the conversation going as much as you want or can!

After that, comment below with a “I posted to Slack” or if you had trouble “I had an issue posting.” If the latter, post your response in the comment section instead of on Slack (I’ll be in touch with you once I see that you had an issue posting to help out).

After you have posted to Slack and posted your comment below, click the button below to continue: