Five Knowledge Domains of Writing

Having sorted through some of your prior knowledge about writing, recovering some stories about your prior literacy experiences, you return to the blinking cursor on your computer or blue lines in your notebook to begin writing an assignment for a class. You’re wondering how to write it though. What’s expected in writing projects for this academic subject? For this professor? What’s my purpose? What form should the final product take? What’s the first step in getting started? How do I begin?

You can determine the answers to these questions and more by studying and applying five knowledge domains of writing.