You may find that the revision process takes as long or longer than writing the draft or first version.

你会发现修改过程用的时间与写草稿一样多，甚至更多。

youdao

OK, we'll have a careful look at the content of your case study in a minute, but I just want to make a general comment first, before you start writing your second draft.

好的，我们稍后会仔细看一下你的案例研究的内容，但是在你开始写第二稿之前，我想先做一个大概的评论。

youdao

At the time of writing this article it is still in the early draft stage and might change significantly during the development process.

在撰写本文时，它仍然处于初期的草案阶段，在开发过程中可能发生了很多重大修改。

youdao

Now incidentally I'm writing a book the title of the book is Subprime Solution; I just sent off the draft to the copy editor last Friday.

顺便提一句，我正在写一本书,名叫《次贷危机解决方案》；,上周五我刚刚将草稿送到文字编辑手中。

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After writing a first draft, should the second be written from scratch or should it be an edit of the first.

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