Direct Writing and Quick Revising

Split the time you have available for writing into two. Use the first half to write complete sentences, but not to do fine-tuning. This is the Direct Writing part. Use the second half to do the Quick Revising:

Find a suitable order for the sentences (e.g., by numbering them).

Add any necessary transitional sentences.

Tidy up what you have.

The resulting text may be short, but it is a coherent product that is finished. (This technique comes from Elbow 1981, chapters 4 and 5.)

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Elbow, P. (1981). Writing with Power. New York: Oxford University Press.

(See Phase H)