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The Blue Pencil Online

The Draft Board

You know how some weight-loss commercials present an image of “Now” and an image of “Then”? The Draft Board displays presents nows and thens from the revision process, along with brief [insert "specific" here] commentary by authors addressing some of their decisions and discoveries [insert "they"] made during composition.

If you are still in possession of a few [too vague—make it three, max] interesting draft pages of a work that you are willing to call “finished,” submit them along with the final piece and a discussion of the significant writerly decisions you’d like to highlight. If we believe the pages display a good example of the revision process, we’ll post your work here so that others can see the changes you put your piece through how [insert "some element of"] your piece progressed. To submit, please consult the TBPO Writers’ Guidelines.

Enrichment, Engagement April 22, 2010

"I like to connect the sword to the shape of the poem itself. It’s almost a thrust, with catastrophe on its point."

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