AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS
The goal of the writing process is to generate a clear, effective document for an audience. Experienced writers achieve this goal by performing three types of activities.
The Technical Writing Process
Prewriting: Planning
Writing: Drafting
Postwriting: Finishing
Planning is discovering and collecting all the information you will need to start drafting~Drafting is selecting and arranging all the ‘elements in the document Finishing is editing the document into final form. is a flow chart of this process (adapted from Go swami 38). The main sequence is emphasized by the heavy black arrows. The light arrows, however, indicate a basic truth about this process – you should and must be ready to return to earlier stages to help yourself generate a clear document.