1. “First I’d go to a restaurant several times with a few opinionated, articulate friends in tow. I’d sit there writing down everything anyone said that was at all interesting or funny. Then on the following Monday I’d sit down at my desk with my notes and try to write the review.”
  2. “If one of the characters wants to say, “Well, so what, Mr. Poopy Pants?,” you let her. No one is going to see it. If the kid wants to get into really sentimental, weepy, emotional territory, you let him. Just get it all down on paper because there may be something great in those six crazy pages that you would never have gotten to by more rational, grown-up means.”
  3. “Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something — anything — down on paper.”

Lamott says that the first draft is more about the process. She infers to this by explaining her own process of drafts and does not mention the product while doing this. Yes I agree in regards to my own first drafts. This is because when writing my first draft I tend to write down anything to get it off my mind. Then in my other drafts I will reword it to make more sense. This reminds me of when Lamott states ā€œThe first draft is the childā€™s draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the placeā€¦ā€ I do this every time I write a draft so I donā€™t forget to write any important thoughts down. If I write a first draft it would not be the final one so I donā€™t try and make it my best one. Only when I am on my final draft do I make sure that everything I wrote down goes well with my purpose. The purpose of your writing is really important and vital to your final product, but when I am writing my first draft I donā€™t think about it. Basically I never think about the product in my first draft; I only think about the product in my final draft which agrees with Lamott.