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.

 

LINKS to Related External Sources:

• OWL:  Prewriting (Invention)
• COMMNET:  Freewriting, Clustering, Outlining
• POWA:  Discovering What to Write

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