Re: Drafts -- some people not clear on the concept...

Subject: Re: Drafts -- some people not clear on the concept...
From: Andrew Plato <gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 01:13:21 -0700 (PDT)


--- Jan Henning <henning -at- r-l -dot- de> wrote:
> >You turn in a draft
>
> The discussion was was about a draft that was _not_ turned in (because it
> wasn't ready) but taken without knowledge and consent of the writer and
> then picked apart (because it wasn't more than a less-than-ready draft).

That is not how I understood this particular thread. The original poster was
complaining about the "concept of drafts."

See the original post from Steve Oppenheimer. He does not say "a person took a
document from me before I was done."

Moreover, what the hell is the meaning of the word DRAFT here? To me, a draft is
something that is ready for review in some form. If you produce a document and
hand it around, thats a draft. You can't tell people "oh read it, but pay no
attention to the stuff that is wrong." They're going to point it out. Especially
nit picky stuff.

Now, if a boss walks into your cubicle and picks up a working copy - that's not a
draft. That's a work in progress, and then you would have an arguable point.
However, work in progress can also be revealing as well. A review of a document
before it becomes a draft can help stop wasted work on portions that are wrong or
irrelevant.

Andrew Plato

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