Starting Starting a writing project, you will face many decisions before you sit at a keyboard or pick up a pen. Planning is the best way to start.
Some people assume a real writer can write, word by perfect word.
More experienced writers know that writing is a process. Writing is a series of activities that start when you begin thinking about a topic and end when you complete a final draft. Seeing the steps Writing is a recursive activity. As the arrows show, planning is not over as drafting begins, drafting is not over as the major activity shifts to revising, and so forth. In working within the writing process, note what works best for you.