TACKLING THE WRITING PROCESS STEP-BY-STEP: WAYS OF GATHERING AND ORGANIZING IDEAS FOR WRITING

Taking into consideration the complexity of writing, it is crucially important 
to  develop  an  appropriate  approach  of  teaching  writing,  and  process-oriented 
instruction is seen as the most appropriate one. In this approach, writing is viewed 
as  a  step-by-step  process  involving  of  a  series  of  stages  occurring  subsequently 
building on one another: prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing.