Shitty
First Drafts
The excerpt that we had to read from was that of
Shitty First Drafts by Ann Lamott and it talks about the drafting process for
writing. Lamott covers major topics including her attempt at discouraging the
rumor that famous authors write their acclaimed novels in one sitting. The
truth is that they don’t they usually spend days to even weeks on paragraphs
just to make them sound correct. In the excerpt, Lamott jokes about how her
friend decides on whether to write for the day or to kill himself because
writing novels of a certain magnitude can be a jaunting task. The excerpt
taught me to always use the draft system although I believe that the system I
have now is the best for my type of writing.
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