Stages in the Creative Process

1. Search for Challenges
2. Express the Problem
3. Investigate the Problem
4. Produce Ideas

Producing Ideas

1. Free Association
2. Analogy
3. Aim for Originality

Writing Ideas

1. Compose a Central Idea and state it early
2. Choose a recognizable pattern of organization and follow it
3. Give each idea prominence
4. Elaborate on Important Ideas

Composition

1. Planning

   1. Assemble your ideas
   2. Choose the arrangement
   3. Choose your introduction and conclusion and write them before which ideas anything else
   4. Note which idseas need support and how you will support them
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2. Drafting

   1. Complete the entire draft at a single sitting
   2. Never pause during the writing stage to look_

3. Revising

   1. Read your rough draft critically
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4. Editing

   1. Find and correct lapses in grammar, spelling etc.