The first six units of this site deal with how to adapt to college writing and how to construct the first draft of a solid academic argument. However, very few "good" writing projects go through only a single draft. After the first draft is written, students need to remember that their writing project is a dynamic thing--it's not finished yet, and it likely will not be finished until the student and the teacher both agree that the work is complete.

After the first draft, there are common problems and challenges that writers face.