Workshop Draft Questions

.    What does a workshop draft as a genre look like?

A workshop draft as a genre is close to a rough draft of an essay. However, I believe that it is even more informal than a rough draft and leans more towards an outline. In terms of essay form, it is not fairly structured and the way it is composed as a writing piece.

2.    What purpose should it achieve? Audience?

The purpose of a workshop draft is to lay the foundation for your ideas. It is a way to organize the purpose of your essay. The audience that it should be aimed towards is one in which your purpose applies to. A workshop draft in response to a scientific journal would not have the same audience as one responding to a political debate.

3.    How does the purpose and/or audience differ from a finished draft?

The finished draft has the ideas of a workshop draft composed as a thorough and organized essay. The ideas are brought together in closure and contain evidence as well as supporting commentary. The audience perceives a better understanding of the author’s purpose and sees the ways in which it is trying to be achieved.