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# Draft by Draft
- URL: https://poetic.ly/draft-by-draft/
- Published: 2026-11-11T01:25:30.000Z
- Updated: 2026-11-11T02:10:45.000Z
- Description: How a paragraph gets made, from outline to final draft.
- Author: Christian Harder
- Tags: Craft, #actual, #Import 2026-11-10 20:59

Draft by Draft[Open full screen](https://poetic.ly/assets/tools/draft-by-draft.html)

## How to use it

Pick a piece, then step through its drafts. Shading marks what is new at each stage, the strip shows the rhythm, and the notes say what changed and why. Two pieces are included: a scene from a story and a prose poem.

## What to take from it

- The first draft is for finding out what the paragraph contains.
- Revision is mostly replacement: a general word for a particular one, a stated feeling for an action, a summary for a moment.
- The ending is often already in your notes.

Then run your own drafts through [Voice Print](https://poetic.ly/voice-print/) and compare the strips.

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