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draft manuscript refers to an early version or copy of a written work that is not yet complete or ready for publication.
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Many authors begin a first
draft manuscript with a terrific backstory, filled with character, personality, excitement and plot potential.
Now you need to learn the rest of the steps to take your book from a
rough draft manuscript and turn it into a shiny new book or eBook.
There would be very few writers, I would argue, who could produce even a semblance of a rough
draft manuscript of 30,000 or 40,000 words in a mere 40 hours.
Here's how I work: If a writer is interested in engaging me and has a
complete draft manuscript, for example, I'd ask to see it, would read it at no cost, and if it were a project where I could be helpful, would suggest how we might work together and what would be the estimated cost.
The novel order, issued last month by a state judge in California, has alarmed some publishers, who fear it could deter scientists from agreeing to
review draft manuscripts.
I chanced on a career in the pharmaceutical industry when I took a 1 - month contract to perform statistical analyses and
draft manuscripts after submitting my master?s thesis.
E.A.A., Z.V.J., Y.J.K., S.J.R., H.W., A.C.S., V.S., and W.D.M. analysed data;
E.A.A. drafted the manuscript; Z.V.J., A.C.S., Y.J.K., S.J.R., H.W., and V.S. contributed to the writing; R.C.L. and L.J.Y. edited the manuscript and supervised all aspects of the study.
JCB, VAG and
SGD drafted the manuscripts with substantial input from RJS and TEH which was then critically revised and refined by all authors.
Come January, though, Jal and I are planning to work intensively to
draft the manuscript of our book, so that will bring a host of new challenges in terms of work - life balance.
That equals out to around 44,000 words a month if you write 2,000 words a day and take weekends off, ending with an 88,000 - word
first draft manuscript in two months.
Project days are a time to work on high - importance, low - urgency projects, particularly those requiring focus and creativity:
drafting a manuscript, planning a project, interpreting a new dataset.
JY designed the study, analyzed and interpreted the quantitative data, and
drafted the manuscript.
JT participated in the data collection and analysis and
drafted the manuscript.