Determine what you want to DO and make an operational plan.

Determine the discourse community, and what it's members-- Know? Think? Feel?

Decide:
What you want to say.
What you need to say.
What you can say.

Block Ideas.

Write a working introduction w/a preliminary thesis

Develop Ideas & Strategies

Writer-Based
(Develop ideas first, before worrying about how your audience will view them)

Supply yourself with material for revision

Experiment with organizational strategies

Does it accomplish the purpose?

Is it persuasive?

Is it authoritative?

Group response (Imagine the final audience)

Tone? Action? Reaction?

Does it provide a clear thesis?

Is it coherent?

Is it well-developed?

Does it have an introduction, body, and conclusion?

Does it use effective transitions?

Have you established credibility by using a style appropriate to your discourse community?

Have you used appropriate diction?

Is it clear, concise, stylistically complex?

Have you used appropriate documentation?

Have you checked for common problems?