{"id":63,"date":"2018-05-01T12:27:56","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T16:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/cmn279\/part\/chapter-4-the-writing-process-3-drafting\/"},"modified":"2024-08-28T13:25:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T17:25:46","slug":"chapter-4-the-writing-process-3-drafting","status":"publish","type":"part","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/cmn279\/part\/chapter-4-the-writing-process-3-drafting\/","title":{"raw":"Chapter 4: The Writing Process 3: Drafting","rendered":"Chapter 4: The Writing Process 3: Drafting"},"content":{"raw":"

Learning Objectives<\/h2>\r\n
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  1. Use effective reading strategies to collect and reframe information from a variety of written materials accurately.\r\ni. Identify the organizational structure of a variety of written messages.\r\nii. Separate main ideas from subordinate ideas in written materials.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. Apply outlining techniques to begin drafting a document.<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. Plan, write, revise, and edit short documents and messages that are organized, complete, and tailored to specific audiences.\r\ni. Apply standard patterns of organization.\r\nii. Recognize and use basic patterns of standard English.\r\niii. Incorporate elements of business writing style.\r\niv. Apply proper use of sentence structure, grammar, and punctuation.\r\nv. Craft unified and coherent sentences and paragraphs.\r\nvi. Support message content with visual elements.<\/li>\r\n \t
  4. Apply the principles of reader-friendly document design to various written formats.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nNow that you\u2019ve planned out your document and gathered information that meets your audience\u2019s needs, you\u2019re just about ready to start drafting the document\u2019s message. At this point it\u2019s worthwhile reminding yourself that the words you start entering in your word processor will look different from those your reader will eventually read. By the end of the drafting stage examined in this chapter, your document will be partway there, but how much revising you do in the fourth stage (see Ch. 5) depends on how effectively you\u2019ve organized your message in the first step of this third stage.\r\n\r\n\"1 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \"3.\r\n\r\nFigure 4: The four-stage writing process and Stage 3 Breakdown\r\n