first-draft

I can tell when I'm fighting a scene because the quality of the first-draft prose goes down and word rep creeps in.

suicide's easy. what happened to the revolution? matociquala 2010

The opening segment, the suicidal teenager on the bridge, came rather late, after first-draft readers said they wanted more time to get to know Sarah before launching into the missing-persons story.

Jodi Compton Answers Questions About Her First Book, The 37th Hour 2010

Now it does--even if it's arrived in a first-draft state that could use another run through the typewriter.

Ongo offers ad-free news from The Post, for a price Rob Pegoraro 2011

As early as the first-draft stage, taking the time to read your work out loud can help make you a better writer.

Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Writing to be Heard: Audiobooks 2009

Now it does--even if it's arrived in a first-draft state that could use another run through the typewriter.

A first read of Ongo: ad-free news for a price Rob Pegoraro 2011

Last week, the Republican-controlled House defeated a first-draft debt proposal put forth by Speaker John Boehner.

Possible Bipartisan US Debt Deal Reported 2011

Last week, the Republican-controlled House defeated a first-draft debt proposal put forth by Speaker John Boehner.

Possible Bipartisan US Debt Deal Reported 2011

It was all raw, first-draft stuff, of course, but everyone who chose to read what they'd written had prose that was not only coherent but sometimes brilliant.

Hotlips writing workshop 2009

Last week, the Republican-controlled House defeated a first-draft debt proposal put forth by Speaker John Boehner.

Possible Bipartisan US Debt Deal Reported 2011

It's slow, boring, and still feels like a sloppy and on-the-nose first-draft screenplay that never got rewritten after it sold based on the Amanda trap scene.

Scott Mendelson: Goodbye John: A Farewell to Saw, as Jigsaw Lays His Last Trap Scott Mendelson 2010