Process writing is an approach to writing that encourages invention, drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading as steps in producing a text. These steps don’t always occur in order, and writers often repeat steps in creating final drafts. Process writing allows writers to interrogate the subjects they are writing about and to develop ideas through a variety of methods, including free-writing, brainstorming, reading, researching, outlining, talking, and planning. In writing and revising a draft, writers should get feedback from other writers and provide ideas for those whose drafts they read. During revision, writers may make decisions to expand, reorganize, or cut portions of the draft, and they may reconsider the assignment, the purpose, and the audience. Process writing as a pedagogical activity allows students to engage in “real-world” writing practice, as it mirrors the steps that writers of all kinds, even professional writers, use to produce texts outside of the classroom.