{"id":4228,"date":"2012-06-15T12:54:36","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T02:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/?p=4228"},"modified":"2012-08-29T15:47:54","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T05:47:54","slug":"effective-content-starts-with-a-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordconstructions.com.au\/blog\/2012\/06\/effective-content-starts-with-a-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Effective content starts with a draft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good content<\/a> starts as an idea that is drafted onto paper or screen and gets developed through editing and revisions.<\/p>\n

I once had a conversation with another business person we’ll call Mel:<\/p>\n

Tash: Just get the ideas onto the page. It doesn’t matter about spelling, grammar, proper sentences or even the order. Just get things down to get started – it’s the best cure to writer’s block<\/a> or procrastination.”<\/p>\n

Mel: {laughs} Just don’t tell\u00a0YOUR clients that’s what you do!<\/p>\n

Sometime later,\u00a0I am still wondering about why Mel said that.<\/p>\n

\"checking<\/a>Admittedly, not many of my first drafts are that rough (I spell and use grammar instinctively so even drafts read ok) but that’s not the point.<\/p>\n

There is nothing wrong with a first (or twentieth if need be!) draft, nor with a first draft being an awful mess. No one else would ever see a rough first draft but it serves a purpose to why not admit to creating rough drafts?<\/p>\n

I don’t expect a designer to instantly\u00a0produce me a perfect web page or eBook layout – I know I’ll see drafts so I can confirm what I do and don’t like to get a finished product that suits my need.<\/p>\n

I don’t think any writing client would be upset that I have drafts – it helps them get a better final result. And if they’re paying for the finished wording, they really don’t care how many drafts it takes me!<\/p>\n

Do you relate to what Mel said? Would you hide the fact you started with a rough draft in order to produce something professionally?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good content starts as an idea that is drafted onto paper or screen and gets developed through editing and revisions. I once had a conversation with another business person we’ll call Mel: Tash: Just get the ideas onto the page. It doesn’t matter about spelling, grammar, proper sentences or even the order. Just get things […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[397,491,1520],"class_list":["post-4228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-content","tag-draft","tag-rough"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t