# Creating a Second Draft from the original **URL:** \ **Category:** Scrivener\ **Tags:** support\ **Created:** [August 20, 2026, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/creating-a-second-draft-from-the-original/154478 "2026-08-20T14:08:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/vincent_vincent/32/19680_2.png) [@Vincent\_Vincent](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/Vincent_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2026, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/creating-a-second-draft-from-the-original/154478/2 "2026-08-20T14:47:53Z")
Personally I use snapshots. There is a function to snapshot all selected documents and name the resulting snapshots. (A common name.) ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/1/e1dabac92544644fc9366f7f10ab30a3af291aff.png) Say you name them “Draft one”, they are then there as a reference, and you work your draft 1 into a draft 2, in the editor. In other words, you saved a milestone version inside your project. Snapshots can be viewed in the inspector, snapshots tab. ![image](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/uploads/default/original/3X/0/d/0d9b5e87b0350878b51be7d4df1bd9122ab6dde5.png) Snapshots are locked in their state and can’t be mistakenly edited. As long as you don’t delete a snapshot, it’ll follow the document it belongs to. . . . . . . . . Alternatively you could duplicate the project. But it is prone to errors. You might at some point lose track and work on the wrong one. It is not something I would myself do. Though doable. (I advise against.) . . . . . . As an extra to this post, here is a link to my label system that perhaps could be useful to you. [Draft labels.](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/labels-do-not-work/134037/7) --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/creating-a-second-draft-from-the-original/154478)._