The draft

Murray writes that, "writing is thinking"(172). This makes sense, you have ideas and you respond by allocating them from your mind onto your page. What makes me stumble a bit is what exactly you should do once you put your ideas down. Or more specifically, how do you compose a draft you can actually write on? I understand you need all the necessary components such as, the introduction, thesis statement, point 1,2,&3, and conclusion. Great- you write these down in an orderly fashion that suites your writing style. Now what do you do?

I agree with Murray, when I am composing my "discovery draft"... "I want to know what I am going to say and how I am going to say it[,]I want neatness, order, correctness" (172). This part of the writing process is most frustrating to me because, its such a huge task. Everything on that one page is what you are going to expand on for the next 8-10 pages. So what if your outline is a drag? You need to re-draft. Ugh, I find this part so hard because, I don't know everything I am going to say for my entire paper. I guess I am stuck on the question, what do you do when your outline stinks? I don't like to re-draft because, I think its too long and painful to come up with better ideas.