first draft
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The hapless lawyer said a law clerk had caught other fabricated quotes in a first draft.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
She wrote the first draft in a fevered two months and scored a low seven-figure advance after a bidding war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
A.I. didn’t outline it for me and didn’t catch typos on a first draft, though I don’t have any more of a moral issue with that practice than I do with using spellcheck.
From Slate • May 24, 2026
By 2018, I was able to write my first draft.
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026
For example, the entire guilt theme that runs through Native Son was woven in after the first draft was written.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
