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Q&A How long does a first draft have to be if the essay i'm writing is 300 words long?

There's no hard and fast rule, and it depends how many drafts you're thinking of doing before the final version. If this is the only draft, I would aim higher than the limit. If there will be seco...

posted 7y ago by ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere‭ · 2019-12-08T07:17:20Z (almost 5 years ago)
There's no hard and fast rule, and it depends how many drafts you're thinking of doing before the final version.

If this is the only draft, I would aim higher than the limit. If there will be second or third (etc.) drafts, the first draft is whatever gets your ideas in writing.

[I tend to think of a first draft as a summary, which expands into a longer second draft, which is cut for the third, which might be the final version (but often isn't). I wouldn't do fewer than two draft versions, but that's just what works for me.]

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-11-06T11:24:44Z (about 7 years ago)
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