"honest draft" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this expression when you want to emphasize that what you are presenting is a sincere effort, even if it is a work in progress. For example, "This is an honest draft of my speech, but I will need to tweak some of the wording before I present it."
A House Democrat who worked on the health care law said the situation had resulted from "an honest mistake in drafting," and he added, "No one intended to take away any of the drug discounts that children's hospitals already had".
Regardless of your line of work, can you imagine if every email you wrote, every rough draft, every honest criticism of a colleague's work was placed in the public domain?
"Why shouldn't America draft an honest leader who will focus on 70percentt solutions for the next four years?
When it comes to Te'o & the draft tho, let's be honest, players have been picked in the past despite doing far worse things to real women.
I gave my honest answer, which is that I felt drafting him would bring much distraction to the team.
What frequently gets lost in the exchange of competing drafts is honest-to-God, real life communication -- not between the lawyers, but between the people who really matter.
"He said it was going to be the most open and honest and transparent administration ever and lobbyists won't be drafting the bills," said Representative Michael C. Burgess of Texas, a Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee examining the deal.
You wouldn't want people to think "no one would do something like that!" Make a draft and have one of your friends (that is always honest with you) read it and give you feed-back.
I shared work in process drafts, workshopped new characters and pitched new plots in order to solicit honest feedback.
"The No. 1 thing voters want is a candidate who is honest and trustworthy, and the veep is leading in those polls," William Pierce, the executive director of the Draft Biden 2016 super PAC, told Chozick.
