Did you know that there is a 3 part writing process that is suggested for business writing? There is! It is taught in business communication courses but it applies to most forms of writing as well. It’s very simple and looks like this:
I think the chart itself is pretty simple and doesn’t really need a whole lot of clarification. The part that always surprised my students though was the amount of time that should be alloted to each part.
The Planning (or Pre-writing) phase should take up about 25% of your time.
The Drafting (or Writing) phase should also take up about 25% of your time.
But the Revising phase should take up 50% of your time. This is perhaps the most important part of the writing process!
Does your writing process look anything like this?
Article by Danielle
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