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Drafting your assessments

Drafting and proofreading your assessments can significantly improve your overall marks but it also provides you with the opportunity to better engage with your topic. Writing and re-writing is itself a way of learning.

Why draft?

Experienced writers know that good writing doesn’t just happen – it is crafted over time.

After writing your first draft, you will need to revisit your writing several times, refining your ideas and editing your work as you go. The final proofreading of your assignment will ensure that you don’t submit any careless errors that could have been easily avoided.

Between drafts, it is a good idea to take a break and not look at your assignment for a day or two. Some distance can help you to view your work more objectively – and sometimes it is exactly during these breaks when everything finally falls into place!

But to do this, you will need time and to gain time, you will need to plan ahead:

In these videos, students and staff share some tips on editing and proofreading your own work.