: Re: Is writing three drafts really necessary? So I understand the first draft which is basically writing whatever comes to mind but I don't understand why we have to rewrite it three times. Can

Rather than three drafts, per se, it's more correct to say there are three typical phases to writing.

1. Initial Concept: Writing just to get your ideas on paper, and to make sure you don't forget them --raw, unfiltered creativity AKA writing with your internal editor turned off.

2. Restructuring: Big changes, scenes inserted or deleted, characters introduced, combined, or eliminated, chronology rearranged, and so forth.

3. Polishing: Fine grained editing, to eliminate all errors and typos, and make sure every word and sentence glows.

Your actual number of drafts may vary. Jack Kerouac famously claimed to have written On The Road in a single, unedited draft (but that turned out to not strictly be true). Other authors can write scores of drafts, and still others never quit revising. However, if you are interested in the three draft model, there are books and articles detailing how to finish a book or story by using it.

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