Reflecting on Your Writing Process

1. How did you get started on this piece of writing?
2. Did you write fluently or in spurts? Explain.
3. Were you caught up in the writing or did you find it hard to concentrate? Explain.
4. Did you have enought time?
5. Did you have enough support to begin and sustain your writing?
6. Did your topic emerge quickly? Why or why not?
7. What kind of pre-writing preparation did you do?
8. At what pace did you write?
9. Did you reread what you wrote or just keep going?
10. Did you take any wrong turns or come to any halts? Explain.
11. If so, what did you do?
12. Did you revise?
13. If you wrote more than one draft, how did the paper change?
14. Did you write for a particular audience?
15. If you did have a particular audience in mind, did it make a difference to your writing?
16. How important was this writing to you?
17. Did you accomplish what you set out to do? Explain.
18. Do you have any writing rituals or routines? Explain.
19. What have you learned about yourself as a writer and about writing?

(Murphy/Smith, pp.39-40)