Exploring Writing 2nd Edition by John Langan

Exercise 3

See if you can fill in the missing words in the following explanation of Diane's first draft.
1. Diane presents her _______ in the first sentence and then crosses it out and revises it right away to make it read smoothly and clearly.
2. There are some misspellings-for example,________________. Diane doesn't worry about spelling at this point. She just wants to get down as much of the substance of her paragraph as possible.
3. There are various punctuation errors, especially the run-on near the (beginning, middle, end) of the paragraph. Again, Diane is focusing on content; she knows she can attend to punctuation and grammar later.
4. Notice that she continues to accumulate specific supporting details as she writes the draft. For example, she crosses out and replaces "snacks" with the more specific ___________________.
5. Near the end of her draft, Diane can't think of added details to insert so she simply puts the letters "________________ " at that point to remind herself to "be more specific" in the next draft. She then goes on to finish her first draft.