My Approach to Writing- Nour Hachi

       The author of “Shitty First Drafts”, Anne Lamott, most clearly reflects my approach to writing. Lamott says first drafts are meant to be shitty because they are the writing pieces that get us to the final piece we want. Without the shitty first draft you can’t get to the final piece that you are confident in handing in. When I am given a writing assignment, for the most part I have a lot of ideas about what I want to write about. I am someone who like to write down my idea right away because I don’t want to lose it. I don’t worry about how it looks because I go back at the end and revise that. Unlike the other author, George Dila, I don’t like to be correct the first time I am writing a piece. I feel like that limits my creativity and I become so caught up on being perfect the first time around. The first draft for me is where I have the most freedom to just write, it is the foundation even if it is not a strong one. The drafts after that are when I start to “perfect” my writing not the first one. Ultimately, my approach to writing is to get my ideas on paper, even if they aren’t the best ideas I can always go back and change them.