"Drafting is the preliminary stage of a written work in which the author begins to develop a more cohesive product. A draft document is the product ...
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the writer creates in the initial stages of the writing process.
In the drafting stage, the author:
develops a more cohesive textorganizes thoughtsexplains examples/ideasuncovers transitionsdiscovers a central argument/pointelaborates on key ideasIn a book that became popular in the 1950s, The Elements of Style, famed authors Strunk and White describe the first draft as being a less edited version of the final draft. In their book, Strunk and White say, “the first principle of composition is to foresee or determine the shape of what is to come and pursue that shape.” This shape is the draft that eventually becomes the finished work." - (en.wikipedia.org 01.10.2020)