Evidence: Research writing projects rely almost exclusively on evidence in order to support the thesis statement.Why use evidence?To convince the reader that your point is RIGHTWhat is evidence?The information you use to support your pointWhere do you get evidence?Library books, journal and magazine articles, webpages, interviews, field research, experiments, etc.Prewriting: brainstorming, invention, or coming up with an ideaPlanning : outline; plan how you will develop and support the ideaDrafting: Writing a rough draft Editing: Showing the rough draft to others to get feedbackRevising: making necessary changes to the content of the draftProofreading and editing: correcting minor mistakes and errorsPrewriting: brainstorming, invention, or coming up with an ideaPlanning : outline; plan how you will develop and support the ideaDrafting: Writing a rough draft Editing: Showing the rough draft to others to get feedbackRevising: making necessary changes to the content of the draftProofreading and editing: correcting minor mistakes and errors