Writing Focus – Drafting

There you have it; the first draft of your paper is complete. In the process of preparing and writing your rough draft, you may have realized the importance of all the previous steps: deciding on a specific topic, researching information, finding useful sources for support of your opinion, and outlining your ideas. You also learned about plagiarism, its consequences, and how to avoid it.

The rough draft is in many ways just as important as the final paper that you will ultimately submit to your instructor because it is the document that you will later revise and edit based on your own review as well as on feedback from your peers and instructor. As you move on to prepare the final version of your persuasive research paper, remember to take into account the elements of an effective persuasive paper.