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To the Oak Tree
By Shu Ting

If I love you
I will never be a clinging trumpet creeper
Using your high boughs to show off my height

If I love you --
I will never be a spoony bird
Repeating a monotonous song for green shade

Or be a spring
Bringing cool solace all year
Or be a steep peak
Increasing your stature, reflecting your eminence
Even the sunlight
Even the spring rain
No, all these are not enough

I must be a ceiba tree beside you
Be the image of a tree standing together with you
Our roots, entwined underground
Our leaves, touching in the clouds
With each gust of wind
We greet each other
But nobody
Can understand our words

You'll have your copper branches and iron trunk
Like knives, like swords, like halberds, too
I'll have my crimson flowers
Like heavy sighs
And valiant torches
We'll share cold spells, storms and thunder
We'll share mists, hazes and rainbows
Seemingly always apart
But also forever interdependent

Only this can be great love
The loyalty is here

Love --
I love not only your strapping stature
But also your firm stand, the earth beneath you

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From my experience, two of the phases of the writing process that get the least attention but are the most important are pre-writing and revision!

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The writing process can start with-
*Epiphanies
*Prewriting
*Journaling
*Incidents/occurrences
*Revision work
*Prompts

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Writing begins with an idea, or idea(s)
Writing is about getting words on the page, fluency
The writing process is social
Writing is messy
The writing process is about figuring out how to convey meaning, communicate an idea

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spending time with your thoughts, late hours into the night when the world is asleep
hard work - not physical but detailed - our depth of experiences are immense

editing, revision - when another person reads the piece, its essentially you opening yourself up. Will your thoughts persuade the reader to think like you or will your thoughts be contradicted?

writing with your audience in mind. I always envision my audience and attempt to change my perspective - how would I react to my writing?

Creative writing, my favorite form, is about how it makes you feel, what type of reaction it awakes in you, does it expand or diminish your view of the world

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Getting it started- ideas of prewriting
Drafting- Sitting down for hours and tuning out other aspects of life
Thinking- what is the purpose of the writing? What details do I want to use?
Editing and Revising- Rereading, rewriting, thinking about what I am trying to say

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When I think of the writing process I think of prewriting, brainstorming, drafting, editing, revisions, conferences, and collaboration. The writing process has multiple steps and it looks different for different people. When I write, I like to revise along the way. I reread what I've written multiple times as I'm writing. I know for others, they like to get all of their thoughts down before going back and rereading what they've written. That is just an example of how it can look different for different people.

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Based on a topic, thinking about your purpose and audience, come up with ideas - draft comes out. Then, revise it and share it, and revise, share, revise... share.

For teaching writing, we need to create a comfortable writing environment for students first. Then, guide them to do what we actually do (various for different age groups).

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-The writing process can be hard!
-One important element is brainstorming and getting some ideas on the page.
-Allowing writing to happen without being immediately intentional and focusing on what will be publishable or what your purpose has to be

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1. Something or ideas really inspiring
2. Write down simple words, phrases, sentences or paragraphs when anything flashing in your mind
3. 1st draft
Reread, edit and add anything you need
4. 2nd draft
Synthesize each part and create the whole page
5. Final draft
Share to anyone (professors, peers...) to get feedback and comments

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Inspiration, fear, brainstorming, topic, writers block, time, purpose, audience, free writing, exploring, research, accuracy, word choice, reflection, tone, mood, personal vs public?

Pre-writing
Drafting
Editing
Revising
Thoughts
Sharing
Publishing

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What comes to my mind when I think about writing process is: Writing process can be as personal to a person and as different as a hair style that a person chooses to wear. There are many different hairstyles that different people wear and a hairstyle that suits one person well may not suit another person. However, hairstyles all have one thing in common, they all have something to do with hair. Like various hairstyles, writing process can be different unique, and personal to each specific individual. People work their writing in different ways and style their writing in different ways.

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I didn't really get introduced to the idea of writing process until college except with research papers (outlines,  Roman numerals, index cards with quotations & sources).

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The writing process begins with getting to know students as writers-through their writing!  Students feel connected when they get to write about themselves and the teacher can learn from their writing.

The next most important part of the writing process is the freewriting process.  Writing is choosing part of the stream of consciousness that goes through the human mind and putting it on paper or a screen.  Freewriting is the more organic form of that and there is choice involved:  getting to write about a chosen topic and choosing which part of the mind to write about.

Students need interaction around their writing.  They also need models of writing and teacher who is willing to be a model of the process.

Students (and teachers) need to collect their thoughts and contribute them to writing.

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It starts from the ideas which is eager to burst out from our mind. It is related to our experiences. Our life and value decide the tone and content of our writing. To write sometimes feels like talking to friends and yourself.After finishing chatting, you may reflect (revise) on it and decide what should say and how to express next time. It takes effort and time. It can be struggling and painful. However, after you finish it, you feel refreshed.