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Shitty first drafts reading response

Jamica Williams
1/16/2018



All good writers go through various trials and errors to make the perfect writing piece. This essay was meant to give me an excuse to not give up. Many times we assume our writing isn't good enough off of our first try. Not only is there the rough first try, there should be a few more tries before the final product is made. In the first draft the child's draft, good writers write down all of their ideas and routes they may take. You can express any emotions that helped you come up with those ideas because only the writer will be able to see it. Within the second draft, the writer gets to pick out the "weeds". Pinpoint and reorganize exactly what you might think is necessary for the final draft, whether its the third draft or fifteenth. The information I got from this essay will help me greatly to practice coming out with a better product. The purpose of doing many drafts is to edit the last information set forth. Knowing that, " Very few writers really know what they are doing until they've done it." This gives me hope when I am struggling to find an idea to write about. Any writing is good practice to become a better writer.

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