Donald M. Murray's Teach Writing as a Process Not a Product is an article that emphasizes the process of learning rather than the outcome. In terms of compositional education, he suggests that teachers shouldn't teach composition with the premise that the process will yield a product, but rather the process is the product. In the most simplest of terms, Murray notes "the process can be put to work to produce a product which may be worth your reading." When composing a paper of any variety, the process is paramount to the outcome not just because it precedes that specific paper, but because it is the framework we will use in every paper we write . Specifically, using a well constructed process can make your paper more organized, better articulated, and more interpretable . According to Murray, Prewriting, Writing, and Rewriting are the three stages of any writing process. I myself was taught this guideline in grade school school and it has been repetitively retaught to me since. I still use this process today because it is elemental to my ability to translate my thoughts, research, and ideas in type.

Janet Emig's article Writing as a Mode of Learning, distinguishes the similarities and differences between listening, talking, reading and writing. According to Emig, talking is a natural behavior, but writing is something that is learned, and more "even an impressible behavior". Her article then relates to Murray's philosophies in that writing is more a process while talking is not, because talking is something much more innately endowed to us. I agree with this notion to most extents. Although talking is a more responsive and communicable type of communication, writing is more concise because of said processes. Generally, speaking is a display for the passionate and for those who can express themselves subliminally. However, I believe that writing distinguishes itself from speaking because it is more creative and illuminates the specific characters in all of us.