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Study Guides index of guidesSeven stages of
writing assignments:

  1. Develop your topic

  2. Identify your audience

  3. Research

  4. Organize and prewrite

  5. Draft/write

  6. Revise

  7. Proofread

"It was a dark and stormy night"...
Good writing takes enormous concentration.

Snoopy/C. Schulz, 1988 American

A writing assignment succeeds
  • by addressing a defined audience
  • with content organized into an effective and/or convincing presentation

Your writing assignment can be divided into seven stages:

  1. Develop your topic

  2. Identify your audience

  3. Research

  4. Organize and prewrite

  5. Draft/write

  6. Revise

  7. Proofread

Portions adapted with permission from Kerr, K. Austin. Some Tips on Writing Papers for History Courses. Ohio State University. Suggestion by Carolla J. Ault, Writing Instructor, The College of Lake County.

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