To be quite honest, I wasn’t really committed to my “Shitty First Draft.” I was more or less aimless, putting down everything I could think of to reach the 500 and showing it to a classmate so she could peer-view and read it. Writing an education narrative and sharing my tale of growing up as an ESL student and becoming the guy I am now is not something I have done before. Yes, I began with a blank and gradually developed sentences that I wasn’t sure made sense. However, in the end, I realized that the purpose of a first draft isn’t to be perfect; rather, it’s to explore ideas, experiment with different formats, and allow thoughts flow naturally onto paperā€”which is what it actually did. That’s when I wrote my final paper and added more information, more experience, and more realistic events that actually occurred. Because I occasionally prefer to write right through without creating a rough draft, my “Shiity First Draft” was more akin to a free write than a rough draft.