Exam 4: Planning, Writing, and Revising

It's a lofty goal to keep working to improve your writing process, but the truth of the matter is that people are simply born with their skills.

Which of the following processes is MOST likely to be used by good writers?

Explain why it makes sense to wait until the content is revised before editing.

Good writers use rules rigidly.

There's no reason to review a document you've put together from several sittings because, as you're the author it should naturally flow well.

_________ is hard because writers tend to see what they know should be there rather than what is really there.

Thinking about the physical layout of your document can help generate ideas about its content.

When revising, evaluating your work and measuring it against your goals is a good idea.

"Planning"and "gathering"are interchangeable terms.

Participating actively in your organization and finding out more about its culture and expectations can make it easier to write.

When you first get a writing assignment, you should think about all of the steps you will need to go through so that you can plan your time for the project.

Expert writers seem to have accurate expectations. For example, they realize that the first draft should be perfect and therefore are discouraged when they need to revise.

You should finish one writing activity before starting another.

You should write a full, formal outline for every document you write.

Grammar checkers are infallible, so rely on them to do the editing for you.

List and explain the three major activities of the writing process.

Research shows that all good writers can use different processes.