For many undergraduates, the drafting process is a mystery. While they understand they should take an essay through multiple rounds of drafting, they often feel unsure about what–specifically–they should be doing in each round of drafting. Too often, they try to write the whole essay in “one go” and then only return in subsequent rounds of drafting to tweak around the edges. This infographic–created for non-English-majors taking an intensive-writing, intro to fiction course–offers students a discrete series of steps that guide them in building and refining an essay across stages of drafting.