• discussing
• daydreaming and recalling memories
• drawing
• brainstorming
• observing
• interviewing
• interpreting photos or artwork
• watching films or TV
• using writing templates/ frames or cloze exercises
• responding to literature
• role playing
• mapping
• listening to music
• researching information
• imagining (and many more)

Step #2 - First Draft - Just start writing out your thoughts, and don’t worry about making or correcting any mistakes. First it is important to get your ideas down on paper. Then you have something with which to work. Corrections will come later.
(See details for drafting a story or an essay.)

Step #3 - Revision - Once you have written down your ideas, it is time to work with them and refine your writing to more clearly express what you have in mind. (Use the ARMS Revision Process.)

Step #4 - Proofreading & Editing - Finally, it is time to clean up errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar and usage. Once all of this is done, write or type your final draft very neatly in presentation form.

Step #5 - Publishing - Show the world your masterpiece!