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Shitty First Drafts Response

I am not someone who loves writing, but I do appreciate it and love to read. I find it hard to bring myself to write for the fun of it because I couldn't get past the first draft of it due to embarrassment, when all I was doing was comparing my work to novels who were published on maybe their third or fourth drafts. Anne Lamott's article about shitty first drafts puts into perspective how most successful writers go through the same horrible first draft. She makes the process more relatable for everyone going through their first drafts, because after that is where the "magic" happens. This article definitely makes me feel better about my upcoming writing assignments in this course and beyond. No one is perfect when it comes to writing and to know the other side of successful author's lives and the work that is put behind their novels makes it feel like it is more attainable than I had originally thought it would be.

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  1. UnknownJanuary 15, 2018 at 10:41 PM

    I agree with your sense of relief after reading this article, and how much work is put into a good piece of writing. With the knowledge of a 'Shitty First Draft' and how much it can help with any form of writing, makes the "magic" seem not so out of reach.

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  2. sydney meyerJanuary 16, 2018 at 8:47 AM

    I agree that the article makes things more clear when it come to writers and how much effort they put into it before they have published books. it shows that they don't just write amazing first drafts and are done with it, they have to continue to review.

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