Lesson 1.01 Writing for Dummies

• Introduction
• Learn
• Try It
• Task

Introduction

Prose is architecture, not interior decoration.

- Ernest Hemingway

Throughout this course, and maybe throughout all of your other courses, think of writing as an architect would think of building a house. The architect plans work before building a house; otherwise, there would be total chaos. Blueprints tell the layout of the entire house before one board is nailed. The writing process serves as a writer's blueprints.

There are five recursive Can repeat itself indefinitely. stages to this process.

Lesson Objectives

Following successful completion of this lesson, students will be able to... apply the steps of the writing process by planning, revising, and editing, assess the quality of one's own writing and strengthen it through revision, analyze other students' work by providing feedback through peer-editing. The above objectives correspond with the Creative Writing Course Standards: 1, 2, 3.