Framework of writing process: transforming computer science research into publishable journal articles

Abstract

There are three general approaches to writing. The focal point of the first approach is the products of writing. This technique examines texts in several different ways, namely, through the texts’ formal surface elements or discourse structure. The second approach focuses on the writer. It illustrates writing in terms of the processes used to create texts and can be divided into the expressivist, situated strands and cognitivist (Hyland, 2002). The third approach focuses on the role of readers in writing and how writers engage with their target audience in producing coherent texts. This chapter focuses on the second approach to writing – the processes employed by writers to produce texts. It will describe the process undergone by a researcher whose English is a second language in producing articles which have been accepted and published in journals. The following section will provide a brief review of literature on writer-oriented research.