Writing is essentially both an interpersonal communication (in which one thinks to write) and an intrapersonal communication (in which one writes to think) The concepts available in the literature about the nature of writing seem to be polarized into two opposing poles. One the one hand, writing is viewed as the process of communicating messages (thoughts, emotions, or feelings) in a readable form using written language symbols (letters, punctuation, and spaces). In short, he first thinks and then writes. On the other hand, writing is viewed as a thinking process. In this paradigm, writing is seen as a process for clarifying, not simply communicating thinking. These two opposing views have made the question of whether we think first and write or write first and then think as difficult as to answer the old ‘chicken and egg’ issue. This article aims to determine which of these views is closest to the nature of writing by examining what happens in a real writing process. The propon...
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