Writing process

General

Successfully written texts are in general a result of a writing process. As shown in Fig 2 below, the writing process starts from understanding what you have to do and planning your work, (step 1), which could be a draft of a preliminary outline (step 2), then reading and doing other necessary research (step 3). The next stage consists of analysing the data, finding and evaluating results, thinking about their implications and drawing conclusions. During this stage most researchers start writing a first draft (step 4 + 5). Any writing has to start with determining the target readers, the purpose and the conventions of the particular text or genre (step 6). The last stage is often underestimated, but revising, proofreading and editing is vital (step 7+8). So, make sure that you reserve sufficient time for this stage of your writing process. All this, taking into account the feedback you may receive, leads to your final text (step 9).

The details of each of these steps are presented in the following sub-chapters.