Teach Writing as a Process Not Product (Continued)

Murray:

"When we teach composition we are not teaching a product, we are teaching a process.... The writing process can be divided into three stages: prewriting, writing and rewriting" (p. 3 & 4).

McNiff:

This idea reminds me of the process of creative writing. The poet in a creative writing class will collect ideas in prewrite and begin to format what it is they want to say. As the week continues they may format a poem in progress or a first draft; however, the process of teaching oneself or another is actually in the critiquing of the poem. In essence, it's the process that follows the writing, before the rewriting, when the poet or student of writing is actually enhancing or continuing their process of writing and learning. The rewriting would then be the test or the proof to oneself (teacher) that the process has developed.