The Writing Process:
DRAFTING
- If you have done a good job
planning your paper, writing the
FIRST DRAFT should not be too difficult.
- You might start by expanding your
outline to full sentences and then linking those sentences together
with transitions.
- You do not need to start at the
beginning and work your way to the end;
- write in bits and pieces if
that is easier and put it all together at the end.
- This will let you start with the
part that is easiest for you,
- and if your start with a part
you can write readily,
- the rest might come more
effortlessly.
- Remember, your first draft is not
supposed to be perfect.
- Do not worry about too much detail
or not enough, or whether your spelling and grammar are perfect.
- You will have plenty of time to
make changes as your revise and edit.
- Feel free to expand on your
outline if you think it is necessary;
- remember the writing process
is a cycle
- and you may need to revise
your planning as you write your draft.
- There is more information about
writing your draft in each of the sections on Organizational
Strategies and Rhetorical Writing Devices.
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