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The Creative Writer's Laboratory Book: Chapter One
Essentials and Basics
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A Writer's Tasks
How Do Writers Write?
The truth is, no two writers work the same way. Some writers will make a ton of notes and follow an outline step-by-step. Still other writers jump around, just writing what they feel like, maybe even starting with the ending to their story.
There are still a few writer's tasks that every writer (who's worth reading, anyway) follow:
· Discover a Topic
· Plan an Approach
· Write a Rough Draft
· Revise the First Draft
· Write a Final Draft
· Proofread for Errors
And by the way... most writers won't get it done in two drafts. Many writers will create six, seven, or even more "rough drafts" before they have the piece of writing that they are looking for. It's a very rare genius (and I've never met one!) who can have a really good, creative, and great-reading piece of writing the first time they sit down and write it.
These steps are things that we'll go through in this book, but it's a good idea to be prepared. We're just going to describe each step here, and work on them when we get to them.
Discover a Topic
In school, and even when you get into work, most of your writing will center on a subject area, an audience, and a format. A science teacher might say, "I want a lab report on the dissection of a frog
