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"Coming up with the topic and gathering resources" -Writing Thief

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Most of the time, my teacher did the prewriting. They would give me a topic and a list of resources at my disposal.

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I have observed my younger cousin, Ben, in the pre-writing stage when he was tasked with writing a persuasive letter. He took the task very seriously and researched many different companies all over the internet to find one he wanted to write.

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"Committing initial, rough ideas to paper or digital form" - Writing Thief

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As someone who does not enjoy writing, the first paragraph of a first draft would always give me immense anxiety. Even though I knew there were steps following, I always felt that whatever I wrote had to be perfect.

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I have seen my younger brother work on drafts. He is a great writer even as a child and always had lots of great ideas. He would use drafts as a purpose of getting all of his thoughts on paper and not worry about spelling, grammar, or even flow of ideas.

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"Reflecting on the feedback and implementing changes for clarity, interest, and authenticity" - Writing Thief

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Revising was always my favorite part because I always found that I didn't have much to do for this part. I felt much relief at having finally finished a draft and didn't consider this step very seriously.

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Normally, after my brother finished a draft he would allow me to read through it. Often, I would help him restructure the paragraphs and sentences in a way that more clearly told his story.

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"Cleaning up the writing for the conventions: spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar and usage, and paragraphing" - Writing Thief

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Editing was and still is my favorite part of the process. I enjoy taking the time to look for things that may have been done incorrectly.

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For my brother, this was the part of the paper that he needed the most help with. For him, he didn't understand why he needed to take the time to do this when people could now understand his message. Normally a once through a spell-check would be enough for him.

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"Wrapping up the task that sometimes means creating a final copy to go public" - Writing Thief

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While I felt much joy/relief at having completed a writing task, it always was (and is) followed with nerves because I know that a grade will come from it.

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My cousin Ben, when he finished his letter, was so excited to publish and mail off his letter. I realized that he had true joy at writing something that he believes will make a difference.