Rough Draft
noun, verbal noun
Something below your writing isn't what you want to necessarily publish to the world. It's below your writing, after all. This is merely a rough draft.
The reading is all kun'yomi vocab reading, as you can maybe guess from the hiragana sticking out. If you know the readings of the words 下 and 書く separately, you should be able to combine them into one reading. Just don't forget the rendaku here!
いい記事を書くためには下書きをすることが大事です。
In order to write a good article, it is important to make a rough draft.
コウイチのオフィスのつくえの引き出しには、高校の時に書いた自作の詩の下書きが大切にしまってあるって知ってる？
Did you know Koichi keeps the rough draft for a poem he wrote in high school in his desk drawer in the office?
アヤって、いつも最初に鉛筆で下書きしてるのかな。それとも、下書き無しで絵を描いてるのかな。
I wonder if Aya usually makes a rough pencil draft first or if she just draws freehand.