writing a persuasive essay

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The writing process can be broken down into seven steps: brainstorming outlining drafting reviewing revising proofreading publishing As you write, you'll do the steps in this order. But you can also return to earlier steps to rethink your writing. In this lesson, you'll go through the brainstorming, outlining, and drafting stages. Later, you'll finish the rest of the writing process in the activity for this unit. The unit activity will guide you through the reviewing, revising, and proofreading steps.

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Understanding the Writing Process Sometimes writing can seem overwhelming. How do you move from an idea to a finished essay? And how do you know when your essay is complete? It helps to think about writing as a series of steps. Then you can focus on one step at a time. When you've gone through all the steps, you'll have a solid piece of writing. All together, the steps make up the writing process. The writing process helps you tackle a writing assignment in a particular order. But the process is flexible too. You can return to earlier steps anytime you need to. Next, you'll watch a video about writing. It shows that writing is a process you practice all the time. Writing is also something you can improve with time.