Drawing on drafts and other material from the Harvey Sacks archive this paper examines the development of one of the defining papers of Conversation Analysis, A Simplest Systematics for the Organization of Turn-Taking for Conversation (Sacks, Schegloff, and Jefferson 1974). The discussion examines four drafts of the paper along with correspondence between the authors and with William Bright, the editor of the journal Language where it was to be published. The four drafts trace the development of the paper from a 13-page draft to the final 106-page final draft submitted to the journal. By exploring the drafts as they evolved the discussion highlights the development of the central ideas in the paper, the distinctive style of the paper as it is revised, the changes of authorship, and the role of the editor of Language, William Bright, in helping to shape the paper through his own detailed reviews.

本文借鉴哈维·萨克斯 (Harvey Sacks) 档案中的草稿和其他材料，研究了《对话分析》的定义性论文之一《对话轮流组织的最简单系统学》（Sacks、Schegloff 和 Jefferson 1974）的发展过程。讨论审查了论文的四份草稿，以及作者和该论文即将发表的《语言》杂志的编辑威廉·布莱特之间的通信。这四份草稿追溯了论文从 13 页草稿到最终提交给期刊的 106 页定稿的发展过程。通过探索草稿的演变过程，讨论突出了论文中心思想的发展、论文修订后的独特风格、作者身份的变化，以及《语言》杂志编辑威廉·布莱特在帮助通过他自己的详细评论来塑造这篇论文。