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The Recursive Writing Process — Homework

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The Recursive Writing Process — Homework

Complete the diagnostic essay this week: prewrite for at least ten minutes, draft, then answer the reflection items below about your own process.

  1. 1.Name the five stages of the writing process in order.
  2. 2.Explain in one or two sentences what it means to treat the writing process as recursive rather than linear.
  3. 3.Freewrite for ten minutes on a topic you care about, without stopping to correct anything. Attach the freewrite.
  4. 4.Draft a one-paragraph diagnostic essay from your freewrite, then underline the sentence that functions as your real thesis.
  5. 5.Describe one moment in your own draft where what you wrote surprised you or pulled you away from your original plan.
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