{"id":120,"date":"2017-06-09T16:07:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T16:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/sunycorning1010elec201718\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=120"},"modified":"2017-06-19T11:05:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T11:05:16","slug":"getting-a-rough-draft-on-paper","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/sunycorning1010elec201718\/chapter\/getting-a-rough-draft-on-paper\/","title":{"raw":"Getting a Rough Draft Completed","rendered":"Getting a Rough Draft Completed"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>From Outlining to Drafting<\/h2>\r\nSo far we've presented \"organizing\" and \"drafting\" as two separate steps on the writing process continuum. While there are distinct differences between the two stages, the line between these steps is the muddiest of the entire writing process. Ideally, as you're working on an essay project, you won't be able to draw a clear line between when you stop working on organizing and start working on your first essay draft.\r\n\r\nRemember from the previous section that there are several different kinds of outlines:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Roman or Arabic Numeral (highly structured)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>bullet point (loosely structured)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>mind map<\/li>\r\n \t<li>timeline<\/li>\r\n \t<li>PowerPoint<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">\r\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Roman Numeral Outline<\/h2>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Thesis statement<\/b>: E-mail and internet monitoring, as currently practiced, is an invasion of employees' rights in the workplace.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>\r\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: upper-roman\">\r\n \t<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The situation: Over 80% of today's companies monitor their employees.<\/span>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li class=\"p2\">To prevent fraudulent activities, theft, and other workplace related violations.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"p2\">To more efficiently monitor employee productivity.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"p2\">To prevent any legal liabilities due to harassing or offensive communications.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"p2\">What are employees' privacy rights when it comes to electronic monitoring and surveillance in the workplace?\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li class=\"p2\">American employees have basically no legal protection from mean and snooping bosses.\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li class=\"p2\">There are no federal or State laws protecting employees.<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"p2\">Employees may assert privacy protection for their own personal effects.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"p2\">Most managers believe that there is no right to privacy in the workplace.\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li class=\"p2\">Workplace communications should be about work; anything else is a misuse of company equipment and company time<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"p2\">Employers have a right to prevent misuse by monitoring employee communications<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<h2>Arabic Numeral Outline<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-577\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/07\/01174413\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-01-at-1.43.12-PM.png\" alt=\"Numerical outline titled Contents (from Wikipedia article). 1 Outline organization. 2 Types of outlines. 2.1 Outline styles 2.1.1 Sentence outline 2.1.2 Topic outline 2.1.3 A sample topic outline application: An outline of human knowledge 2.2 Outlines with prefixes 2.2.1 Bare outlines 2.2.2 Alphanumeric outline 2.2.3 Decimal outline 2.2.4 Integrated Outline. 3 See Also. 4 Notes. 5 References.\" width=\"529\" height=\"381\" \/>\r\n<h2>Bullet Point Outline<\/h2>\r\n<h2><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-572\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/07\/01172534\/15459347875_41d2a0ee9e_z.jpg\" alt=\"List outline. Set up - introduce the characters, world building, normal life. Event One - the first incident that causes the journey to begin. Reaction - In the beginning, she is always reacting to the events around her. Event Two - Something else big happens that changes the story. Proactive - This is where she begins to take matters into her own hands. She is no longer reacting. She is making decisions. Event Three - Something else happens usually increasing the stakes more and more. Resolution - She has decided what she'll do and takes steps to make it happen. Even [sic] Four - The stakes are as high as they'll get now. This is the black moment The End - wrap it up quickly. Show how she has changed or not. A glimpse at her new life.\" width=\"640\" height=\"326\" \/>Mind Map Outline<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-575\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/07\/01173049\/109663885_cb9771ea9b_z.jpg\" alt=\"Flowchart moving from left to right. Title on left: Network English. Five branching trees. 1 Introduction: Language and English. Splits into &quot;English on Internet&quot; and &quot;Network English: A Speech Variation&quot; which further splits into &quot;Internet as a speech community&quot; and &quot;Network English as a speech variation.&quot; 2 Historical Development of Network English, split into &quot;Pre 1995 Era&quot; and &quot;Post 1995 Era.&quot; 3 Observation of Network English. One branch, &quot;Vocabulary&quot; divides into &quot;Word Formation&quot; (&quot;Componded Word&quot; \/ &quot;Derivated Word&quot; \/ &quot;Coined Word&quot;); &quot;Semantic Change&quot; (&quot;Semantic Narrowing&quot; \/ &quot;Semantic Broadening&quot; \/ &quot;Semantic Shift&quot;); and Sign Language. Other branch of 3 is &quot;Grammar,&quot; divided into &quot;Sentence Structure&quot; and &quot;Omission&quot; (Suject [sic] \/ Prep). 4 Characteristics of Network English: &quot;Easy to Type&quot; \/ Simplicity \/ Creativity \/ colloquialism. 5 Conclusion. \" width=\"500\" height=\"488\" \/>\r\n<h2>Timeline Outline<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-571 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/07\/01172006\/5690542503_a94d80a64f_z.jpg\" alt=\"Visual outline reminiscent of a subway map, with a strong blue line that curves in right angles. Items in the sequence titled Presentation Outline are Background, Introduction, Literature Review, Experiment, Tools, Best Practices Strategy, Conclusion.\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" \/>\r\n<h2>Wrap Up<\/h2>\r\nWhichever outline you've started with, it can conveniently morph into an essay draft, simply by picking an area to attack. Start fleshing it out with full sentences, complete thoughts, and relevant sources.\r\n\r\nOne of the many advantages to working from an outline is\u00a0that you don't have to begin your draft at the beginning of the paper. Pick a section you feel strongly about, and start there. Hopscotch around your outline in whatever order you choose, in order to keep the momentum going.\r\n<h2>Flash Drafts<\/h2>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">A typical expectation for an essay draft is that it will take a few days to develop. The longer the final product, the longer that time of initial development (usually).<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">From that perspective, it\u2019s no wonder many students are hesitant to revise later! When you\u00a0invest a lot of time crafting something, you grow quite attached to it. You don't want to have that feeling of having to \"start over\" again with serious revision, later.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Enter\u00a0Flash-Drafting<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3>Flash Drafts<\/h3>\r\n<img class=\" wp-image-582 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/07\/01185751\/5482372748_a8b64773ac_z-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"drawing of The Flash character in red hero suit running left, with angular yellow streaks trailing behind him\" width=\"178\" height=\"142\" \/>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>are completed in one concentrated time period (~ 45 minutes)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>are written \"fast and furious\" with no time to sweat the small stuff<\/li>\r\n \t<li>contain notes where a writer might need to research or develop further later<\/li>\r\n \t<li>conform to the general structure of the final product<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nBy adding in a timed component to the first, fast draft of an essay, you get several advantages. There's literally no time for perfection, so concerns about \"doing it right\" stop being a roadblock to writing anything at all. Flash drafts\u00a0generate a lot of raw material that can be refined and built upon later. And these drafts boost your confidence as you realize how much you already know about the subject.\r\n<p class=\"p3\">Flash drafts are effective for any writer. Proof of this comes from the following essay by Stacey Shubitz, a teacher of writing for both grade school and college students.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"textbox\">\r\n<h3 class=\"p1\">\"Flash Drafting Leads to Large-Scale Revision\"<\/h3>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I\u2019ve been at the June Writing Institute this week. \u00a0<span class=\"s5\">Kelly Boland Hohne<\/span> has been my section leader for \u201cRaise the Level of Literature-Based and Research-Based Argument Essays.\u201d In the past week, I\u2019ve written two flash drafts, one literary essay and one research-based essay. I have found the process scary and liberating all at once. \u00a0Here\u2019s why.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Flash-drafting\u00a0unnerved\u00a0me because I\u2019m used to taking my time with writing. \u00a0I tinker with words. \u00a0I play with punctuation. \u00a0I type, I cut, I paste, I cut some more, I copy, etc. I do this because I want to make sure my thoughts are as succinct\u00a0as\u00a0they can possibly be. This week, I learned that flash-drafting doesn\u2019t afford a writer with making it perfect. \u00a0That\u2019s what revision is for!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">My flash drafts and my initial revisions of my flash drafts were anything but perfect. Kelly encouraged us to use . . . a Glow and Grow.\u00a0. .\u00a0. \u00a0That is, after we flash-drafted, we looked at what we did well as writers and marked it \u201cglow.\u201d \u00a0Then, wherever we needed to improve our writing, we marked it \u201cgrow.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s6\">Want to take a look at my flash drafts? Here are some links to the original ones, as well as my initial revisions. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s272\/sh\/9b15876f-6f61-4156-9f4c-58c15a3cd09d\/17f65cd6e1a840b1b00e6dbe1ce32b80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s5\">Flash-draft of my literature-based essay<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\"> on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/book\/32999\/elizabeth-queen-of-the-seas-by-lynne-cox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s5\"><i>Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas<\/i><\/span><\/a> by Lynne Cox and Brian Floca<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s272\/sh\/7656bec8-a42b-4ec1-932f-8a4d4ee15309\/83f396ef37eb32ab70a33f77762deb84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s11\">Revising the claim and information<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\"> to support my claim. (Towards the bottom of this note.)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"li7\"><span class=\"s12\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s272\/sh\/a9a88b53-f4d2-42df-9bfb-40a501e31e89\/d51db9865446975926528b609a957782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s11\">Revised draft of literature-based essay.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s272\/sh\/75bbf5b7-93c8-402d-835a-14268eb8fff7\/bd65ede760e0394a3526a946a4aadb2a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s11\">Glow &amp; grow<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\"> for my essay.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"li7\"><span class=\"s12\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s272\/sh\/3ff95eef-c66e-4664-9b3e-1e16022557cd\/75c2bf5d02398f739694c06eeb97110c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s11\">Notes for my information-based essay.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s272\/sh\/398240ce-ef01-4513-a2f0-1fc7d33aabe2\/1ce6ec4ee718509dd14bbdc42cc93617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s11\">Flash-draft of my research-based argument essay<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0about team sports putting too much pressure on children. (You\u2019ll note I didn\u2019t reference from my notes when I was flash-drafting! That\u2019s because I was writing so quickly I didn\u2019t turn back.)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s272\/sh\/5ee66701-bae6-4cd8-8961-3a438864f041\/0032ae1a748c119a65b245bbc70e85f6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s11\">Revised draft of my research-based argument essay.<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\"> (This still needs more facts in it to be research-based. That\u2019s what I\u2019ll be working on next.)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Seeing as I didn\u2019t spend tons of time on my flash-drafts, I\u2019m excited to revise because I know I need to. My flash-drafts weren\u2019t my best work. (Heck, they were all written while I was riding on mass transit balancing my iPad on my lap!) Now that I\u2019ve gone through the flash-drafting process\u00a0<i>twice<\/i> this week, I understand how it can lead to more excitement about making large-scale revisions in response to what one learns next in writing workshop (or in my case, from my session leader, Kelly).<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><\/p>","rendered":"<h2>From Outlining to Drafting<\/h2>\n<p>So far we&#8217;ve presented &#8220;organizing&#8221; and &#8220;drafting&#8221; as two separate steps on the writing process continuum. While there are distinct differences between the two stages, the line between these steps is the muddiest of the entire writing process. Ideally, as you&#8217;re working on an essay project, you won&#8217;t be able to draw a clear line between when you stop working on organizing and start working on your first essay draft.<\/p>\n<p>Remember from the previous section that there are several different kinds of outlines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Roman or Arabic Numeral (highly structured)<\/li>\n<li>bullet point (loosely structured)<\/li>\n<li>mind map<\/li>\n<li>timeline<\/li>\n<li>PowerPoint<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox\">\n<h2 class=\"p1\">Roman Numeral Outline<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Thesis statement<\/b>: E-mail and internet monitoring, as currently practiced, is an invasion of employees&#8217; rights in the workplace.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: upper-roman\">\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The situation: Over 80% of today&#8217;s companies monitor their employees.<\/span>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"p2\">To prevent fraudulent activities, theft, and other workplace related violations.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">To more efficiently monitor employee productivity.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">To prevent any legal liabilities due to harassing or offensive communications.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">What are employees&#8217; privacy rights when it comes to electronic monitoring and surveillance in the workplace?\n<ol>\n<li class=\"p2\">American employees have basically no legal protection from mean and snooping bosses.\n<ol>\n<li class=\"p2\">There are no federal or State laws protecting employees.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Employees may assert privacy protection for their own personal effects.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Most managers believe that there is no right to privacy in the workplace.\n<ol>\n<li class=\"p2\">Workplace communications should be about work; anything else is a misuse of company equipment and company time<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Employers have a right to prevent misuse by monitoring employee communications<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Arabic Numeral Outline<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-577\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/07\/01174413\/Screen-Shot-2016-07-01-at-1.43.12-PM.png\" alt=\"Numerical outline titled Contents (from Wikipedia article). 1 Outline organization. 2 Types of outlines. 2.1 Outline styles 2.1.1 Sentence outline 2.1.2 Topic outline 2.1.3 A sample topic outline application: An outline of human knowledge 2.2 Outlines with prefixes 2.2.1 Bare outlines 2.2.2 Alphanumeric outline 2.2.3 Decimal outline 2.2.4 Integrated Outline. 3 See Also. 4 Notes. 5 References.\" width=\"529\" height=\"381\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Bullet Point Outline<\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-572\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/07\/01172534\/15459347875_41d2a0ee9e_z.jpg\" alt=\"List outline. Set up - introduce the characters, world building, normal life. Event One - the first incident that causes the journey to begin. Reaction - In the beginning, she is always reacting to the events around her. Event Two - Something else big happens that changes the story. Proactive - This is where she begins to take matters into her own hands. She is no longer reacting. She is making decisions. Event Three - Something else happens usually increasing the stakes more and more. Resolution - She has decided what she'll do and takes steps to make it happen. Even [sic] Four - The stakes are as high as they'll get now. This is the black moment The End - wrap it up quickly. Show how she has changed or not. A glimpse at her new life.\" width=\"640\" height=\"326\" \/>Mind Map Outline<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-575\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/07\/01173049\/109663885_cb9771ea9b_z.jpg\" alt=\"Flowchart moving from left to right. Title on left: Network English. Five branching trees. 1 Introduction: Language and English. Splits into &quot;English on Internet&quot; and &quot;Network English: A Speech Variation&quot; which further splits into &quot;Internet as a speech community&quot; and &quot;Network English as a speech variation.&quot; 2 Historical Development of Network English, split into &quot;Pre 1995 Era&quot; and &quot;Post 1995 Era.&quot; 3 Observation of Network English. One branch, &quot;Vocabulary&quot; divides into &quot;Word Formation&quot; (&quot;Componded Word&quot; \/ &quot;Derivated Word&quot; \/ &quot;Coined Word&quot;); &quot;Semantic Change&quot; (&quot;Semantic Narrowing&quot; \/ &quot;Semantic Broadening&quot; \/ &quot;Semantic Shift&quot;); and Sign Language. Other branch of 3 is &quot;Grammar,&quot; divided into &quot;Sentence Structure&quot; and &quot;Omission&quot; (Suject [sic] \/ Prep). 4 Characteristics of Network English: &quot;Easy to Type&quot; \/ Simplicity \/ Creativity \/ colloquialism. 5 Conclusion.\" width=\"500\" height=\"488\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Timeline Outline<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-571 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/07\/01172006\/5690542503_a94d80a64f_z.jpg\" alt=\"Visual outline reminiscent of a subway map, with a strong blue line that curves in right angles. Items in the sequence titled Presentation Outline are Background, Introduction, Literature Review, Experiment, Tools, Best Practices Strategy, Conclusion.\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Wrap Up<\/h2>\n<p>Whichever outline you&#8217;ve started with, it can conveniently morph into an essay draft, simply by picking an area to attack. Start fleshing it out with full sentences, complete thoughts, and relevant sources.<\/p>\n<p>One of the many advantages to working from an outline is\u00a0that you don&#8217;t have to begin your draft at the beginning of the paper. Pick a section you feel strongly about, and start there. Hopscotch around your outline in whatever order you choose, in order to keep the momentum going.<\/p>\n<h2>Flash Drafts<\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">A typical expectation for an essay draft is that it will take a few days to develop. The longer the final product, the longer that time of initial development (usually).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">From that perspective, it\u2019s no wonder many students are hesitant to revise later! When you\u00a0invest a lot of time crafting something, you grow quite attached to it. You don&#8217;t want to have that feeling of having to &#8220;start over&#8221; again with serious revision, later.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Enter\u00a0Flash-Drafting<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>Flash Drafts<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-582 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/107\/2016\/07\/01185751\/5482372748_a8b64773ac_z-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"drawing of The Flash character in red hero suit running left, with angular yellow streaks trailing behind him\" width=\"178\" height=\"142\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>are completed in one concentrated time period (~ 45 minutes)<\/li>\n<li>are written &#8220;fast and furious&#8221; with no time to sweat the small stuff<\/li>\n<li>contain notes where a writer might need to research or develop further later<\/li>\n<li>conform to the general structure of the final product<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>By adding in a timed component to the first, fast draft of an essay, you get several advantages. There&#8217;s literally no time for perfection, so concerns about &#8220;doing it right&#8221; stop being a roadblock to writing anything at all. Flash drafts\u00a0generate a lot of raw material that can be refined and built upon later. And these drafts boost your confidence as you realize how much you already know about the subject.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Flash drafts are effective for any writer. Proof of this comes from the following essay by Stacey Shubitz, a teacher of writing for both grade school and college students.<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox\">\n<h3 class=\"p1\">&#8220;Flash Drafting Leads to Large-Scale Revision&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I\u2019ve been at the June Writing Institute this week. \u00a0<span class=\"s5\">Kelly Boland Hohne<\/span> has been my section leader for \u201cRaise the Level of Literature-Based and Research-Based Argument Essays.\u201d In the past week, I\u2019ve written two flash drafts, one literary essay and one research-based essay. I have found the process scary and liberating all at once. \u00a0Here\u2019s why.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Flash-drafting\u00a0unnerved\u00a0me because I\u2019m used to taking my time with writing. \u00a0I tinker with words. \u00a0I play with punctuation. \u00a0I type, I cut, I paste, I cut some more, I copy, etc. I do this because I want to make sure my thoughts are as succinct\u00a0as\u00a0they can possibly be. This week, I learned that flash-drafting doesn\u2019t afford a writer with making it perfect. \u00a0That\u2019s what revision is for!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">My flash drafts and my initial revisions of my flash drafts were anything but perfect. Kelly encouraged us to use . . . a Glow and Grow.\u00a0. .\u00a0. \u00a0That is, after we flash-drafted, we looked at what we did well as writers and marked it \u201cglow.\u201d \u00a0Then, wherever we needed to improve our writing, we marked it \u201cgrow.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s6\">Want to take a look at my flash drafts? Here are some links to the original ones, as well as my initial revisions. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s272\/sh\/9b15876f-6f61-4156-9f4c-58c15a3cd09d\/17f65cd6e1a840b1b00e6dbe1ce32b80\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s5\">Flash-draft of my literature-based essay<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\"> on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.randomhouse.com\/book\/32999\/elizabeth-queen-of-the-seas-by-lynne-cox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s5\"><i>Elizabeth, Queen of the Seas<\/i><\/span><\/a> by Lynne Cox and Brian Floca<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s272\/sh\/7656bec8-a42b-4ec1-932f-8a4d4ee15309\/83f396ef37eb32ab70a33f77762deb84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s11\">Revising the claim and information<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\"> to support my claim. (Towards the bottom of this note.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li7\"><span class=\"s12\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s272\/sh\/a9a88b53-f4d2-42df-9bfb-40a501e31e89\/d51db9865446975926528b609a957782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s11\">Revised draft of literature-based essay.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s272\/sh\/75bbf5b7-93c8-402d-835a-14268eb8fff7\/bd65ede760e0394a3526a946a4aadb2a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s11\">Glow &amp; grow<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\"> for my essay.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li7\"><span class=\"s12\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s272\/sh\/3ff95eef-c66e-4664-9b3e-1e16022557cd\/75c2bf5d02398f739694c06eeb97110c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s11\">Notes for my information-based essay.<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s272\/sh\/398240ce-ef01-4513-a2f0-1fc7d33aabe2\/1ce6ec4ee718509dd14bbdc42cc93617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s11\">Flash-draft of my research-based argument essay<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u00a0about team sports putting too much pressure on children. (You\u2019ll note I didn\u2019t reference from my notes when I was flash-drafting! That\u2019s because I was writing so quickly I didn\u2019t turn back.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li2\"><span class=\"s10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.evernote.com\/shard\/s272\/sh\/5ee66701-bae6-4cd8-8961-3a438864f041\/0032ae1a748c119a65b245bbc70e85f6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"s11\">Revised draft of my research-based argument essay.<\/span><\/a><\/span><span class=\"s3\"> (This still needs more facts in it to be research-based. That\u2019s what I\u2019ll be working on next.)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Seeing as I didn\u2019t spend tons of time on my flash-drafts, I\u2019m excited to revise because I know I need to. My flash-drafts weren\u2019t my best work. (Heck, they were all written while I was riding on mass transit balancing my iPad on my lap!) Now that I\u2019ve gone through the flash-drafting process\u00a0<i>twice<\/i> this week, I understand how it can lead to more excitement about making large-scale revisions in response to what one learns next in writing workshop (or in my case, from my session leader, Kelly).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-120\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Image of Presentation Outline. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Sean MacEntee. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/9ERw2M\">https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/9ERw2M<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: 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