Drafting is the stage where a complete first version of a written piece is developed. Writers often face anxiety about starting with a blank page, but the prewriting and planning steps help alleviate this fear. Having an outline provides guidance for what to include in the draft.

1. Drafting is the stage of the writing process in which you develop a complete first version of a
piece of writing.
Even professional writers admit that an empty page scares them because they feel they need
to come up with something fresh and original every time they open a blank document on their
computers. Because you have completed the first two steps in the writing process, you have
already recovered from empty page syndrome. You have hours of prewriting and planning
already done. You know what will go on that blank page: what you wrote in your outline.