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Multi draft composition

Multi draft composition involves four stages of writing which include planning, drafting, revising and editing. In the curriculum, students are often required to compose at least three unique compositions like research, persuasion and analysis.In multi drafting, there are frequent large scale changes on paper causing you to create numerous drafts. It emphasizes repeating the steps, and continuously going over it, improving the content and organization. This composition is often taught to ESL writers and is open to writing types across different genres. There is no fixed form as it focuses on the end purpose, “drafting is an investment, you get out if it what you put in” (Owens).

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Relationship between drafting and revising

When drafting, a major part of the process is allowing others to revise your work. Through revision, it allows others to give you feedback to make corrections. Revising the draft is not the same as proofreading, since  it is not just fixing spelling mistakes, it is re-imagining the goals and looking at it with a different scope. Revision  causes you to fix sentence structures and possibly  rewrite the entirety of your drafts. Professional writers use revision in every step of drafting. It is a time consuming process that involves trial and error.

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Computers vs pen and paper

With technology, most writing is done on computers. Unlike with pen and paper, computers make it easier to compose new drafts. Computer softwares that have word processing make it easier to fix local, grammar and spelling errors.

Although, drafting on a computer does not signify better drafts. Before word processing, when students created a new draft, it was an investment of their time dedicated to completely rewriting the entirety of their essay. This dedication influenced global revisions. When using word processors, it causes students to only correct minor grammar  mistakes the computer points out and miss global mistakes. In comparison to when students create physical, handwritten drafts, they have to constantly reread/ revisit their essay, making more corrections based on  ideas.  

In order to benefit from both, it is possible to type your drafts on a computer and then print it to make physical revisions. By typing on a computer, it allows you to fix the minor mistakes the word processor points and as you revise the printed copy, it also allows you to make global revisions. Thanks to the computer, the process of drafting which includes creating numerous drafts, can save the writer time instead of having to physically rewrite the entirety of their drafts.

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Mindset of drafting

In drafting, students cannot be scared of failure. Through failure in ugly drafts, it allows experimentation without penalty. The more you draft, it allows you to see what works and doesn't work for your writing. In a bad draft, you can reflect on the problems and grow from the mistakes. Mistakes are necessary and it does not mean your writing is poor but it means you are finding ways to make your writing better. Mistakes are a “success as long as you learn from it” (Bohney).

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How it Helps There was further research and surveys that represented how it statistically helped undergraduate students tremendously. This is prominently a technique that is overlooked in many areas. Statistically it has shown how draft writing specifically helps undergraduate students in order to collaborate more effectively. At times undergraduate students may have a difficult time with being able to elaborate on ideas if they may struggle with this topic. Significantly after undergraduate students took an essay, it was proven that after students complete their drafts for something they’ve significantly improved. Statistically it is shown how this process prominently creates a better academic environment for students to be able to get better grades, which improves their grades.

Imrpovment from Draft Writing Draft writing could not only help in an incentive of getting more revision within your paper, where you will be more likely to receive a better grade, but it helps a writer to practice in their clarification with specific plans they want to make. It helps in helping strengthen your weaknesses since you're able to practice a lot more than typically just rushing a paper. It can also help with the idea of procrastination. Writers may procrastinate their papers because they may get writer's block or any hardships throughout the way, but draft writing essentially helps you take it slowly to fully understand what you want to write. As an alternative, this has a lot of benefits. Of course, writing may be difficult for some ESL writers as it becomes overwhelming for them but this process has shown a great outcome from it. Not only is it helping students' perspectives but it also helps articulate ESL writers in many areas. Throughout the article it conveys the significant improvement it’s done and how effective it is. Draft writing helps in many ways and several individuals as well in ways that help with their typical writing techniques.Eckstein, G., Chariton, J., & McCollum, R. M. (2011). ERIC - EJ937836 - Multi-Draft composing: An iterative model for academic argument writing, Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 2011-sep. Journal of English for Academic Purposes, 10(3), 162–172.

Draft Helping With Students with Disabilities

Sometimes students with disabilities face challenges when it comes to starting the process of writing. It has been proven in young classrooms that students who adapt draft writing create longer effects in the near future.Edwards, Lana. “Teaching Writing to Students with LD.” Reading Rockets, 24 Apr. 2013, www.readingrockets.org/article/teaching-writing-students-ld. The development of writing expertise: From telling to crafting.As soon as a student may create a rough draft they inhabit a connection with the topic of what they may be writing about. Students with disabilities have a hard time with even knowing what they want to write, or how they could even start it. With drafting you don’t have to be perfect, which is why it's a great technique to create in an early classroom.

How to Start Draft Writing

• Start by writing anything that may come to mind
• Highlight certain topics you may want to write about
• Add anything you may want to include in your writing piece
• Keep adding any information
• Start righting a round draft
• Go back and edit your draft
• Congrats you started drafting

Adding With Drafting

Adding the draft process when you start writing is actually beneficial and doesn't affect you harmfully. Adding it as a step before submitting your paper could increase your chances of being able to create a better outline. It may feel different when starting it, but after the process it becomes part of a routine. Thinking of ideas and writing them out early is considered as part of drafting.TomNeedham. https://tomneedhamteach.wordpress.com/2021/05/10/the-development-of-writing-expertise-from-telling-to-crafting/ Styles of writing

Bibliography

Eckstein, Grant, Jessica Chariton, Robb Mark McCollum. (2011). Multi-draft composing: An iterative model for academic argument writing. Journal of English for Academic Purposes 10.3, 162-172.

Dave, Anish; David R. Russell. (2010). Drafting and revision using word processing by undergraduate student writers: Changing conceptions and practices. Research in the Teaching of English 44.4, 406-434.

Owens, Kim Hensley. “Teaching ‘the Six’-and Beyond.” Pedagogy : critical approaches to teaching literature, language, culture, and composition 9.3 (2009): 389–397. Web.

Bohney, Brandie (Guest Editor). (2018). Fail Forward! [Teacher to Teacher column]. Journal of Teaching Writing 33.2, 65-66.

Becker, Anne. (2006). A review of writing model research based on cognitive processes. In Horning, Alice; Anne Becker (Eds.), Revision: History, theory, and practice; (Reference guides to rhetoric and composition); West Lafayette, IN: Parlor Press (pp. 25-49).

“The Writing Process: Study Hall Composition #1: ASU + Crash Course.” YouTube, YouTube, 31 Mar. 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXa22Csh7oE.