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"first draft of" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is used to refer to a preliminary version of a document or other creative work that is not yet complete. For example: "I have just finished the first draft of my book."
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If journalism is the first draft of history, live blogging is the first draft of journalism.
"We've done the first draft of the production," she said.
"We've now seen the first draft of the proposals.
"Now it's the first draft of a Hollywood screenplay.
I write my first draft of a novel in longhand.
They look like the world's first draft of a tree.
The first draft of his campaign message was downbeat.
Journalism, they say, is the first draft of history.
JOURNALISM, it is said, provides a first draft of history.
Has first draft of the covenant of League of Nations.
The book is very much a first draft of history.
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