ABC's of the Writing Process - Prewriting

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HATCHING
NEW
IDEAS!

SOURCES OF INSPIRATION - How do I get ideas in the first place?

magazines/newspapers/periodicals/CD-ROM
conduct an interview based on your topic
media - radio, tv, internet
experiences
film - movies and documentaries
music
visual art - observing or creating
dreams
memories
discussion and brainstorming
responding to literature
role playing
research
imagination
personal interest inventories
class interest inventory
other

TIPS - What ways can I prewrite?

free writing
journalling
image streaming (transplant yourself
to another place or time and describe
from a first person point of view)
lists
visualization
brainstorming - individually or as a group
webbing/mapping/clustering
graphic organizers
topic or word chart

PRINT AND USE PREWRITING STRATEGIES

Graphic Organizers are brainstorming webs, mind maps and other
charts that allow you to organize your thoughts and ideas.
There are many different types to choose from. Pick
the one that is best suited to your topic.

https://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingprocess/specificgos.html

Come Aboard a R.A.F.T. - Role, Audience, Format, Topic,
Strong Verb, a prewriting strategy

http://www.geocities.com/writingprocess/rafts.htm

Descriptive Word Prompters - to help with description

https://www.angelfire.com/ab/westmounthaiku/describe.html

Five Senses Chart - brainstorm the five senses in a chart
like this

https://www.angelfire.com/ab/westmounthaiku/fivesenses.html

Ten Prewriting Exercises for Personal Narratives

http://www.daedalus.com/teach/tens/08_22_98.html

More Prewriting Ideas

http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/fiss/pre-writ.htm

The P.O.W.E.R.S. of Writing: A Student's Guide to the
Writing Process - More prewriting suggestions

http://www.people.virginia.edu/~cay2f/powers/#Process

Maintained by A.E. Lipkewich Westmount School
writingprocess@canada.com Revised February 17, 2001