Author: Jaydan Rambarran (Page 1 of 2)

Three quotes that stood out to me

1. “People tend to look at successful writers who are getting their books published and maybe even doing well financially and think that they sit down at their desks every morning feeling like a million dollars, feeling great about who they are and how much talent they have and what a great story they have to tell; that they take in a few deep breaths, push back their sleeves, roll their necks a few times to get all the cricks out and dive in, typing fully formed passages as fast as a court reporter. But this is just the fantasy of the uninitiated.”
2. “Very few writers really know what they are doing until they’ve done it. Nor do they go about their business feeling dewy and thrilled. They do not type a few stiff warm-up sentences and then find themselves bounding along like huskies across the snow”
3. The next day, I’d sit down, go through it all with a colored pen, take out everything I possibly could, find a new lead somewhere on the second page, figure out a kicky place to end it, and then write a second draft. It always turned out fine, sometimes even funny and weird and helpful. I’d go over it one more time and mail it in.

The three questions

1. Lamott says that the perceptions most people have of how writers work is different from the reality of the work itself. She refers to this in paragraph 1 as “the fantasy of the uninitiated.” What does she mean? She means that people only look at the success without think about the work they put in to get here. she calls it a fantasy because it is not real. you can not get to level were people find your work amazing on the first try. you have to keep on writing and re-writing until you feel like your work is ready for the masses
2. In paragraph 7 Lamott refers to a time when, through experience, she “eventually let [herself] trust the process – sort of, more or less.” She is referring to the writing process, of course, but why “more or less”? Do you think that her wariness is personal, or is she speaking for all writers in this regard? Explain. I think that she means all writers not just her self.  I think she means all writers because how can you write something and not trust your self and have the need for others approval in order to validate your work.  yes trusting your self can make you look at your work and think that “yeah i need to work on this”  and you just might or you think that it is good and want to show others so yu have trust yourself.
3. From what Lamott has to say, is writing a first draft more about the product or the process? Do you agree in regard to your own first drafts? Explain. I feel like it is more about product because you will have a lot to talk about then in the second draft you can narrow it down to what you think it ok for the essay.

They say that humans can not go without talking with one another but I believe that this is not true. Most teenagers including my self feel like social interaction is like chess but another person is playing for you while you watch and have no control. It can be hard for us to go out and feel like we are confined in our own body wishing we can find a way out. Then a ray of hope is suddenly beamed on you without you even knowing. Friendship with another can really help you out and the next thing you know you are making one after the other.