Draft
Draft verb - To pick especially for required military service.
Tell
Tell verb - To give an oral or written account of in some detail.
Both words in one sentence
- Old Shame: If you ask real nice, the author just might tell you what his very first draft was like, when he started writing it back in high school.
Source: Literature / The Second Gate -
The Hero's Journey Heroic Sacrifice: Phaedrus can't allow his people to fatally weaken their defenses against the Caledones by ransoming him with a draft of troops, so he jumps off the battlement he's supposed to tell them his decision from.
- Jack Butler: This troper was the primary editor/beta-reader for this story, and I've got to tell you, the hoops the author jumped through to get it all right... you would honestly not believe the differences between first draft and the final product.
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