A basic outline of the Writing Process. This is for people, like me, who have major difficulty remembering the steps. (taken from http://www.leakylounge.com)
Prewriting - Research, notetaking, brainstorming, outlining, ....
Drafting - Writing
Revising - Adding, Removing, Moving, Changing major parts such as whole sentences, paragraphs or chapters
Editing - Checking grammar, spelling, punctuation, captilization, ...
Publishing - Make the work public in some way
I hope it helps in some way!