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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.

3 quotes from the passage:

1. “It’s not like you don’t have a choice, because you do — you can either type, or kill yourself.”
2. “The first draft is the down draft — you just get it down. The second draft is the up draft — you fix it up. You try to say what you have to say more accurately. And the third draft is the dental draft, where you check every tooth, to see if it’s loose or cramped or decayed, or even, God help us, healthy.”
3. “The first draft is the child’s draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing that no one is going to see it and that you can shape it later”

Answer to Question 3:

From what Lamott has been stating I believe she is saying that the first draft is more of a process. This is because she states that the first draft is where you jot down any ideas you want into a piece of paper. Through that you revise your work then check if there are any things you want to add or take out of that work. Through this process you get your product which would be your final draft. Also, it wouldn’t make much sense if it was meant to be a product since what you’re going for in a first draft is for jotting down ideas. Finally, she literally calls her writing a “Shi*** First Drafts.” I would agree with her saying it’s a process because whenever I write up my first drafts, I just write down anything that I have in mind that correlates with what I’m trying to write about. When finishing it I reread my draft and see if there are any corrections I have to make in my draft. Then that is where I get my final product. Which would explain why many of our teachers/professors from before would tell us to write a first draft so then we can later give it any corrections if needed.

Life is a combination of all things,

the love between each other,

going out to the movies;

The balance between the above and below

Some people seek money;

Some people cherish they’re upbringing.

Too appreciate life, you must live in the moment,

like a chick from an egg, and you will flow and shine like flag in the night sky