Hello Dindoong. I can answer you, but I haven't got time just now. I would have to dig out a book and so forth. Basically, books divide into Fiction and Non-Fiction. Some are EXPOSITION, which are intended to give information. Others are NARRATION, which are intended to give a chronological account of events But I have to teach a student just now. Perhaps someone else can answer you before I return to this, and if so, that will be good. Otherwise, I will give you a complete answer.---Warm Regards, Bruce

Correction: "Does anyone know how many approaches there are in writing? What are they?" If you are looking for the difference between process and product approaches to writing, it involves the manner of creation. If you begin with an example of writing, such as a letter to a friend, and then look at the elements such as the opening, the body, and the closing in order to recreate them, this is product writing. You use the elements of the example to produce a similar writing. If you take the writing from the beginning and work at it in stages starting with the concept, then brainstorming ideas, organizing the ideas, writing, editing, and re-writing before you finish, this is process writing. Rather than examining the elements of the piece of writing, you are examining and working through the steps of creating a piece of writing. Cheers! ^^