PROCESS WRITING : 1. PLANNING

Basically, there are 5 steps to go through a process in writing.

1.    PLANNING

2.    WRITING A FIRST DRAFT

3.    REVISING AND EDITING

4.    REWRITING

5.    PROOFREADING

Let's say you have decided on writing a story on moral values

about public-spiritedness.

 

1. PLANNING

In this stage, you need to brainstorm your ideas. Don't worry 

about mistakes in language or spelling. Just concentrate on the idea.

You need to write down a brief outline for your story.

early in the morning - drizzling - went out to sell putu mayam

- rain became heavier - seek shelter in hut - wait for rain

to stop - started to daydream - woke up by thunder and

lightning - rain stopped - went out - reached bend - tree

across road - tried to remove tree - failed - on coming bus

- stood in middle - bus stopped - driver and passengers

- grateful - bought putu mayam.

Next, you need to organise the outline into paragraphs

and come up with an outline of the story.

The easiest method is to use the WH-questions.

a. What happen that morning?

- drizzling in the morning

Result : business bleak

Reason : children stay indoors

b. Where did he take shelter?

- drizzling became heavier

Result : seek shelter

Reason : wait for rain to stop – mind began to wander

c. What happen 8 years ago?

- successful businessman but now poor

Result : sells putu mayam

Reason : squandered wealth away

d. How to expend business?

- employ workers

- own children help

e. When did he wake from daydreaming?

- thunder and lightning flashed across sky

f. When rain stop, what did he do? Where did he go?

- pushed bicycle until reach sharp bend

- saw tree across road

g. Why did he try to remove tree?

- public-spiritedness

Reason : dangerous to road users

Result : failed to do so

h. What happen next?

- on-coming bus

- stood in middle of road

Reason : to stop bus

Result : saved driver and passengers

i. What happen in the end?

- driver and passengers grateful

Result : bought all the putu mayam