LISTS OF WRITING SKILLS : 1.

. Subject matter writer needs to know info about the topic s/he wants to write about (can be obtained from many sources) 2. Purpose writer must have clear purpose for writing and this affects the way s/he writes (eg: persuasive, informative, etc) 3. Interaction and a sense of audience writing involves interaction either with self (diary, etc) or with others (letters, reports, etc). Interpersonal skills are important here (consider readers level of language, knowledge, status, culture, etc) 4. Language writer needs a repertoire of language adequate for his/her needs. This means knowing a range of sentence patterns, words, awareness on of appropriacy of register, stylistic variants in expressing different ideas, knowledge of English idioms, discourse (and anything related to it), mechanics of writing, etc 5. Conventions since writing is a social activity, there are certain conventions (format) to follow. Different purpose of writing may have different conventions (eg: advert, memo, ticket, etc) 6. Thinking Skills writing is a thinking process. Many thinking skills are needed selecting what is important, discarding what is not important, how to logically argues, creativity in making writing interesting, etc. 7. Organizational skills include well-formed paragraphs with clear main ideas and supporting details, logical sequencing, cohesive devices (eg: logical connectors), etc 8. Value systems writer lives by certain values and holds views about everything what is important in a subject, what is beautiful writing, appropriate way to communicate with someone older/of higher order. All these affect the way of writing. 9. Mechanics handwriting, spelling, layout, punctuation 10. The Writing Process know processes to be a good writer selecting a topic, getting ideas, drafting, revising, editing, proof-reading, publishing, etc