THE LITTLE BROWN HANDBOOK (10th Edition) by H.Ramsey Fowler and Jane E.Aeron

Every time you sit down to write, you embark on a writing process- ess the term for all the activities, mental and physical, that go into creating what eventually becomes a finished piece of work. Even for experienced writers the process is usually messy, which is one reason that it is sometimes difficult. Though we may get a sense of ease and orderliness from a well-crafted magazine article, we can safely assume that the writer had to work hard to achieve those qualities, struggling to express half-formed thoughts, shaping and reshaping paragraphs to make a point convincingly.