It is important that one make children aware that whatever type of writing they are being asked to produce, the writing process is the same. Explain that it has a number of stages and write the stages on the board, as you explain them. The first stage may involve making a plan. It is important to stress that if a plan is made, one need to be flexible. Often, particularly in story-writing, significant ideas come to one as one write The next stage is often referred to as a 'rough draft'. The term 'rough' suggests that the writer need not care too much about the draft and can approach it casually. It is far better to refer to it as a first draft. A piece of writing may go through several drafts and children need to understand that the changes they make when redrafting are improvements rather than corrections. Therefore the final stage involves checking the grammar, punctuation and spelling.