# Draft your first post

> Draft a post from your saved calendar with one click, or start any article, copy or image from New generation. Drafts land in Review when ready.

Source: https://wavefront.adwave.com/help/getting-started/your-first-draft (updated 2026-10-14)

The quickest way to get a first draft is to choose **Draft** on a post in your saved calendar. Wavefront writes it from the plan, checks it, and puts it in **Review** for you. You can also start any piece by hand from **New generation**.

## Draft a post from the calendar

You need a saved plan first. See [plan with the strategist](/help/getting-started/plan-with-the-strategist).

1. Open **Strategy** and the **Calendar** section, or the **Up next** list on the **Overview** page.
2. Find the post and choose **Draft**. The estimate next to the button ("≈ N credits") shows what a draft of that kind usually uses.
3. A message says the draft started. The calendar chip switches to Drafting.
4. When it's ready, it appears in **Review**, and the sidebar's **Review** count goes up.

To draft several posts at once, choose **Draft posts** and pick **Due in the next 7 days**, **Due in the next 2 weeks** or **Due in the next 4 weeks**. On the Strategy page this drafts only the open strategy's posts; on the Overview it drafts every active strategy's.

A calendar draft keeps its link to the plan, so it carries the post's strategy, keywords and date. That link is what lets it publish on its calendar date later.

## Start a piece from New generation

Choose **New generation** in the sidebar (or press `c`), then pick a kind:

- **Article**: a sourced, long-form page.
- **Copy**: a social post, a newsletter, a meta description or another short piece.
- **Image**: one image for an article or post.

Fill in the form. Required fields come first; the rest are under **More options**. Then choose **Generate**. Every draft reads your workspace documents and waits for a person to approve it.

If you open a calendar post here, the page shows **Draft this post** instead, so the draft stays bound to the plan.

## Follow a draft while it writes

Open the draft from the message, the Library or the Overview. The **Progress** box shows where it is:

1. **Queued**: waiting to start.
2. **Writing**: with the current stage, such as research, outline, draft or checks.
3. **Waiting for input**: the draft needs something it couldn't find. Answer the questions in the **Input needed** form and choose **Send answers**. The same run resumes. Unanswered questions expire after 14 days.
4. **Review**: a version is ready. Continue with [review and approve](/help/getting-started/review-and-approve).

The page updates on its own while the draft runs.

## Let autopilot draft for you

Owners can turn on workspace autopilot, which drafts every active strategy's posts as they come due, every 30 minutes. You still approve each one. See [autopilot and auto-approve](/help/strategy-and-planning/autopilot-and-auto-approve).

## What a draft costs

Each draft holds credits while it runs and is charged what it used when it finishes. Length and research change the cost. A draft that fails because of a problem on our side is free. If you cancel a draft with **Cancel generation**, you're charged only for the work already done. See [your plan and credits](/help/billing-and-credits/plan-and-credits).

## If something goes wrong

- **"Nothing is due in the next 7 days".** Your calendar has no undrafted posts in that range. Pick a longer range, or draft one post directly.
- **Some posts were skipped.** The message says why, for example that a post already has a draft.
- **"Choose a plan to keep drafting" or "Add credits to keep drafting".** The trial ended or the credits ran out. An owner can fix it from **Billing**. Others see "Ask an owner to add credits".
- **The draft failed.** The page says what happened. A failed draft we caused isn't charged, so you can try again. See [common errors](/help/troubleshooting/common-errors).

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