![]() ![]() This is where characters names get finalized, this is where dialogue becomes more than a place holder and is what I believe that the characters really would say. ![]() The Working Draft is sort of my shortened name for a “Work-in-Progress Draft.” This is where I do the REAL work for the audience. Working Draft = Past Tense (Dramatizing the story) I’m simply relating to myself what I “see” in my mind and trying to accurately form/shape it into a story. This is where all the notes that I’ve taken/written down about the story get put into the structure of a story (Exposition, Opening Incident, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action/Resolution) to see if they work correctly as a story. ![]() I’m trying to make sure that my plot makes sense (what’s happening in the story), the characters make sense (their motivations and why they do the things I envision), and the setting makes sense (where everything’s happening). I’m trying to accurately put on paper the visuals that I see in my head and that means that I’m not worrying about the audience. This where I “Tell, don’t show.” When I write my rough drafts, I could almost call these “discovery” drafts because I’m discovering the story and figuring out what works and what doesn’t. When I write the Rough Draft for my stories, I’ve discovered that I tend to write in the present tense in order tell myself the story. Rough Draft = Present Tense (Visualizing the story) ![]()
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