drafting

(noun)

The preliminary stage of a writing project in which the author begins to develop a more cohesive product.

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  • Drafting
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(verb)

The process of beginning to write and revise a paper, with the understanding that no one else will see it.

Related Terms

  • writing center
  • note
  • Writing Mentors
  • workshop
  • idea
  • schedule
  • Workshop
  • Drafting
  • Writing center

Examples of drafting in the following topics:

  • Step 4: Drafting

  • The Rough Draft Outline

    • Rough draft outlines serve as a precursor to the speech's rough draft and help organize the speakers' ideas into a cohesive topic.
    • Creating rough draft outlines—i.e., an outline that serves as a precursor to the speech's rough draft—often helps organize and structure speakers' ideas into a cohesive and definitive topic.
    • Rough draft outlines are not always necessary and may even be viewed as redundant.
    • Prior to starting the rough draft outline, some research should be completed.
    • Describe the role and different components of a rough draft outline
  • Wording the Speech

    • A draft is simply your first pass at what you plan to say.
    • Read through your first draft.
    • Once edits have been made, implement those suggestions and changes to your draft.
    • The editing and revising process becomes a cycle of newer drafts.
    • Eventually, the revisions will be done and you will have settled on your final draft.
  • Drafting the Final Document

    • The report from the Committee on Detail at the Constitutional Convention constituted the first draft of the United States Constitution.
    • The Committee of Detail drafted agreements made by the Convention up to that point, including the Virginia Plan's fifteen resolutions.
    • This report constituted the first draft of the United States Constitution.
    • Much of what was contained in the final document was present in this draft.
    • During this month, few attempts to alter the Rutledge draft were successful.
  • The Call to Arms

    • Supreme Court in the Selective Draft Law Cases in 1918, and then canceled with the end of fighting in November 1918.
    • When the draft was reinstituted in 1917, this previous conflict was directly addressed by outlawing the practice of draft buyouts or hiring surrogates.
    • Baker to institute a draft.
    • Patriotic fervor is often cited as a reason for the high success rate of the World War I draft.
    • Initially opposed to the draft, Crowder took charge of administrating the draft in the post of provost marshal general.
  • Getting Help Meeting College Writing Expectations

    • Your university can provide several resources to help you through the process of planning and drafting an academic paper.
    • Writing in drafts makes academic work more manageable.
    • Drafting gets your ideas onto paper, which gives you more to work with than the perfectionist's daunting blank screen.
    • Saturday: Look again at the draft and continue to make changes/additions/deletions.
    • Sunday: Write a final draft.
  • The Declaration of Independence

    • Each state in the congress had drafted some form of a declaration of independence, but ultimately, Thomas Jefferson was asked to write a final one which would represent all the American colonies.
    • A committee was assembled to draft the formal declaration, to be ready when congress voted on independence.
    • Adams persuaded the committee to select Thomas Jefferson to compose the original draft of the document, which congress would edit to produce the final version.
  • The Widening War at Home

    • Demonstrations against the Dow Chemical Company and other campus recruiters were widespread, and the issue of the draft grew more contentious.
    • A coordinated series of demonstrations against the draft led by members of the Resistance, the War Resisters League, and SDS further galvanized anti-war sentiment.
    • After the conventional civil rights tactic of peacefully picketing failed, Oakland, California's "Stop the Draft" week ended in a number of skirmishes with the police.
    • Nearly two-thirds of eligible African Americans were drafted, whereas draft deferments for college, exemptions for skilled workers in the military industrial complex, and officer training programs allowed white middle-class youth to either avoid the draft or volunteer for a military branch of their choice.
    • As a result, less than one-third of white men were drafted.
  • Presidential Action

    • For example, the president or other officials of the executive branch may draft legislation and then ask senators or representatives to introduce these drafts into Congress.
    • Identify the role of the President in drafting and passing bills into federal law
  • Nationalists of the 1780s

    • Long dissatisfied with the weak Articles of Confederation, nationalists drafted a resolution to form the Annapolis Convention.
    • Before the Constitution was drafted, the national government that operated under the Articles of Confederation was too weak to adequately regulate the various conflicts that arose between the states.
    • He drafted its resolution for a constitutional convention, and in doing so brought his longtime desire to have a more powerful, more financially independent federal government one step closer to reality.
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