FWD: What's the significance of a draft

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Afternoon everyone,

I have a best practice question for the group: When it comes to versions,
how many rough drafts do you have before you perfect a document? When I
say rough draft I am referring to your personal drafts for editing and
grammar checks, i.e., the copy you grab a cup of coffee with and go to it
with your red pen?

Background: I ask because over the holiday weekend, my boss pulled a rough
draft from my cube that I had printed on Friday (for my own review when I
returned on Wednesday), and went through it. Of course there were many
errors. I was shocked to walk in this morning and be confronted about
this. Moreover, this individual began to question my editing skills, and
said that my rough draft was too 'rough'. We were not pressed for a
deadline, and I cannot help but feel set up. I tried to explain that it
was a rough draft not meant for any one's eyes, but he/she wanted to know
why I had even bothered to print it out. I suppose that I could get with
the times and edit online, but I find that I personally edit better from
printed materials. We never edit each other's work here, we do not have an
Editor, and I have never had any one go into my desk and hunt around for
incriminating draft work.

How do all of you handle draft material? Do you edit at home to avoid this
type of situation? Has this scenario ever happened to any one else? Do you edit
online or in print and why do you prefer doing that way? If you print the
draft out on paper, do you mark it a certain way to identify it as an
editor's copy? - I had written on it in red pen (a note to myself concerning various items
to look specifically for), and the word "Draft" was in the header.

Thanks in advance any help or suggestions you can provide.




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