Draft by Draft
How a paragraph gets made, from outline to final draft.
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 and compare the strips.
