This is the opposite of the screenplay approach. The following chapters focus on some of the key phases of that process: Strategies for team-writing. Settings and character descriptions will be added in later. The writing process takes you from the very beginning of a writing projectfinding topics and analyzing audience and purposeall the way to the endwriting and revising the rough draft. They simply put their characters on stage and let them talk. Some writers pen only dialogue on their first pass of a book. Sure, there will be a few nits to comb out, but overall this rough draft is about as rough as a baby's behind.

This puppy takes a long time to write because plot flow, words, and characters are well thought out, not just slapped down willy-nilly. There will have to be lots of additional information added. So tight, in fact, that there's lots of white space because this is only the essence of a story. A type-anything-and-everything-because-hot-dang-something-might-be-great-in-this-mess kind of mindset.īare bones. Think of this one as stream of consciousness type of writing. So today we're going to do some defining. What a rough draft means to me might mean something totally different to you, and sure as heck is not the same as what Great Aunt Martha thinks it is. Performance Task 1 Individual Research Report. You think you know what I mean, right? Well, apparently not, Hoss. The report earned a score of 3 for this row because, with few exceptions, the writing is clear, precise, and capable of communicating complex ideas. Last week I finished a rough draft of my newest novel.

Examples of a rough draft