The Writing Process

Your text suggests six stages of "the writing process." What are the six stages Behrens discusses and characteristics of each? What is your own writing process and in what ways is your personal writing process similar and different from the six stages discussed by Behrens? What parts do you consider the most and least important? What parts of the process do you find easiest and most difficult? What parts of the process do you spend the most and least time doing?