Module 10 - Draft

In SF Writer, Chapters 6 you find out how to get started on your draft and how to pace your writing.  Chapter 7 gives you tips on revising, editing and proofreading—all processes you will need each time you look at your draft.  There is also a section in Chapter 8 called civil language so that you monitor the type of language you use in your writing. 

In Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond, Chapter 20 there is a great review for drafts on p. 599 and there is a checklist for revision on p. 30 and an example of a first draft on p. 33 in Chapter 4.  There is also a suggestion for reading aloud your draft in that same chapter. 

Research Navigator,  the Start Writing tab includes “Proofreading & Formatting the Rough Draft,”

Here is a link from Sweet Briar College with some wonderful tips about drafting and revising:  http://www.arc.sbc.edu/roughdraft.html

 Here is a series of tips about using drafts to enhance your paper writing.  http://www.unc.edu/~twtaylor/success.html   Notice the sequential strategies section. 

 This website gives you the difference between editing and revising a paper.  It also suggests some very important steps for the process from the U of North Carolina: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/revision.html