Dodging the Draft

Chapter 14 the drafting chapter. I honestly have never found much use in drafting exercises. I find it much easier and (at least in my case) much better to just right a very crude rough draft then re-read, re-edit, polish, re-read, re-edit, and polish some more. As I mentioned in chapter 17 I really enjoy the revising portion of writing so maybe this is my reason for disdain toward drafting exercises. A very well organized first draft leads to much less revising. I know this seems illogical because more revising means more work in the end but as I said I like it so I don’t feel logic comes into play here for me. That being said this is the first time I have effectively made and used an outline to pen up a rough draft and I have to admit it was wonderful. I mentioned several blog posts back about my continued struggle with organization and an outline really helped me with that flaw. Despite my previous drafting bashing I must admit that this chapter contains a lot of very helpful tips and isn’t the usual rubbish they push at you on this topic. If you don’t like the revision process I would highly recommend a close reading of 14 it will most likely make for a quick revision later