working draft
Document in progress
A working draft is a preliminary version of a document still being developed and revised.
Unlike a final draft, it remains open to significant changes—sections may be incomplete, arguments tentative, language unpolished.
The term signals that feedback is welcome and nothing is set in stone: I'll send you the working draft by Friday.
Common in legal, academic, and collaborative writing contexts.
- revisionAltering to improve
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- outlineSummary of key elements
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- preliminaryBefore the main part
rough cut · edits · red pen · notes · redline · marked up · proposal · document · unfinished · brainstorm · scribbles · creative process · feedback · under review · comments · track changes · version · iteration
- originalsoriginal, authentic, genuine, prototype, archetype
- unfinished worksabandoned project
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- scriptsalphabet, Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet, Greek alphabet, Hebrew alphabet
- temporary documentstemporary visa, learner permit, provisional license, travel permit, transit visa
- prototypesprototype, mock-up, proof of concept, mockup, scale model
working draftfinal version
Completed, approved iteration
finished product · definitive edition · master copy · gold master · clean copy
work, draft, works, worked, worker, workers, working, workable, unworkable