The father in the book "The Third Bank of the River" by <span>João Guimarães Rosa gives his son his blessing before getting in his boat. That will be make the answer be D. </span>
As for this problem concerning about the writing process, the most probable and the most likely answer to this would be D. publishing.
The final step in the writing process is publishing. This would be the final since after this, there would be no more revisions and correcting of mistakes, adding of ideas or anything, changes would be not considered anymore. Of the options presented, drafting would come first, followed by editing, then revising. Publishing would be the decision where there is no going back.