How do I manage to get a piece of writing completed?

Usually I manage to get a piece of writing complete at the last minute. However, like most things, wrting that gets done st the 11th hour, is far from work that I am proud of. Perhaps the question should be: How do you manage to get a piece of writing comeplete that you are proud of? In that case I would say that U ahve a process that takes much longer. First, I read. Second, I write and write as long as I can. Third, I leave it alone for atleast a day. The next step, which I really dread, is coming back to a piece of writing and reading it for the first time. At this point I generally make one of two decisions. The first decision is to scrap the whole thing. The second decision, which if at all possible, I try to always do is begin somekind of an outlining process.

If I am able to move ahead with the outline process, I decide what belongs where. After moving stuff around, I will proofread for grammar and spelling only. Then, I look at the areas of my paper that are weak, read some more, write some more. Once this painstaking process is over, my final goal is to make the writing enjoyable to read. This invloves checking for flow and overall entertainment factors. Often times this is the time I like to add some interesting facts, quotes, or other pieces of knowledge that I find interesting.