Anne Lamott’s Sh*tty First Drafts

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   Destiny Erhunmwunse

   September 21, 2022 at 9:19 am

   1. I think what Anne Lamott meant by the quote which states that “the fantasy of the uninitiated.” in paragraph 1 means that not all writers have the experience of writing of a particular subject, most writers face difficulties when writing a draft.
   2. She used the word “more or less” because after writing her draft and she is about too write another one she should able to use the same technique she used for the other writings to make it less stressful for her. I think her wariness is for all writers because I feel like almost all writer go through the same writing process Anna Lamott go through when writing.
   3. I think writing a first draft is more like a process because it take time before it comes to what we expect it to be.

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   ziqi

   September 22, 2022 at 9:12 pm

   1.I think what Lamotte is saying is her firm belief that writers should put their ideas on paper, no matter what they think or what readers think. Writers like to write bad first drafts so they can spot problems and rewrite them. The idea that a writer can write perfectly the first time is what she calls a “layman’s fantasy.”

   2. I think LaMotte is talking about all writers. Writers love to write bad first drafts. She explains how many writers force themselves to write amazing things. It takes a process to form a masterpiece. like anything else, the first time you do Activity writing or homework, won’t be perfect.

   3. According to LaMotte, writing the first draft is more about the process. “For me and most other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts,” (p3) she said. The author’s first draft was not good, and he wrote back his ideas and then added them, but the author picked good ideas in the first draft to prepare for the second and third drafts. I agree with it, writing the first draft is more of a process. My first draft was rubbish, full of debris. I have never paid enough attention to revising and editing my papers. I need more time to complete the basics of writing and my results will be great work. This is also important for the writing process.

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