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What Writing Is. . .
And What It Isn’t
Writing Is. . .• Following a
step-by-step process of:– planning, – drafting– and revising
Writing is Not. . .
• Being able to pick up a pen or sit at a computer and write something wonderful on your first try.
Writing Is. . .
• Thinking through and organizing ideas
Writing Is NOT. . .
• Developing new, earthshaking ideas no one has ever thought of before.
Writing Is. . .
• Explaining your ideas or experiences clearly and correctly.
Writing Is Not. . .
• Being primarily concerned with grammatical correctness
Writing Is. . .
• Using precise, descriptive and accurate vocabulary.
Writing is Not. . .
• Showing off a large vocabulary
Writing is. . .
• Constructing clear, understandable sentences.
Writing is NOT. . .
• Constructing long, complicated sentences.
• Jonathan Coe's The Rotters Club, published in 2001, contains a sentence with 13,955 words!
Writing Is. . .
• a skill that can be learned