The Writing Process/Communication

"People on the outside think there's something magical about writing, that you go up in the attic at midnight and cast the bones and come down in the morning with a story, but it isn't like that. You sit in back of the typewriter and you work, and that's all there is to it."

Harlan Ellison, author of novels, novellas, screen-plays, and non-fiction such as A Boy and His Dog; The Glass Teat; I, Robot; and Love Ain't Nothing But Sex Misspelled.










AUDIENCE


PURPOSE



PREWRITING:
Thinking

Auguste Rodin, The Thinker, 1902

Brainstorming

Salvador Dali, Dream Caused By the Flight of a Bee, 1944

Clustering



"More matter with less art." Queen Gertrude, Hamlet, 1599

Outlining


Drafting


Editing/Revision

Final Typed Draft, MLA Style


Think like a Lawyer (writer) who defends his Client (thesis) in front of a Judge or Jury (audience) in search of a Verdict (outcome/grade).