Drafting

Preparing for a draft: Eventually, writers have to pull together all the ideas and details discovered during prewriting and make some sense out of them. It is during the organizing stage that the writer sorts through the morass of gathered materials and then selects what best develops the central idea the writer has decided on. The key during this stage of the writing process is to establish the big picture and support it with enough details to be convincing. Organizing methods may include making an ordered list or outlining.

Writing the first draft: After organizing, the writer completes a first draft of the paper. The writer's goal is a rough sketch of the finished product committed to paper or a computer file (rather than floating in the writer's mind). While this is not the final draft of the paper, it should include the three major parts of an essay: introduction, body, and conclusion. These will be refined as the writing process moves forward.

ENGL1010 Composition I