Is there a simple process to be followed for writing anything?

Question

Yes, and it takes the stress out of any writing assignment if you follow this simple process.

Answer 1

Formal Writing is a bit different than Informal Writing. Informal Writing: think academic writing, such as theses, textbooks, instruction books, websites linked to government entities, etc.

Informal Writing could be plays, movies, TV or other scripts, opinion-oriented journalism, poetry, informal letters to people, etc.

In Formal Writing, there is more of what NOT to do than what to do. “Limit gives form to the limitless,” they say, so here’s a list of things to avoid:

1. The verb “get” and all forms (got, gotten, getting, even have gotten, etc.)
2. The verb “doing” and all forms (does, did, do, even have done, etc.)
3. Limit your “to be” verb conjugations to maximum three per piece (is, are, am, even have been, etc), or avoid them totally it possible.
4. Avoid sentences that start with the word “This.” (example: This shows that Shakespeare wrote the play in two weeks.)
5. The word “thing” and all forms, such as “everything,” “nothing,” “something,” etc.
6. Avoid words like “someone/somebody,” “anyone/anybody,” “no one/nobody,” etc.
7. ”World” or “worldly,” similarly, “universe” or “universal(ly),” etc.
8. Avoid clichés, and dead metaphors.
9. Avoid contractions.
10. Try not to write in the first-, second-, or fourth-person.

Lastly, you can break any of the above rules they fall within a direct quote.

Answer 2

The writing process boils down to a relatively simple process -- Idea to Angle to Research to Write/Revise and Write/Revise/Edit. Everything that is written begins with an Idea, but then it gets narrowed down to an Angle, which is followed by directed Research to gather information to be able to Write and Revise the written piece. Lastly, there is the final Write/Revise/Edit stage where the content is fine-tuned and the grammar/mechanics are addressed.