Reading “Shitty First Drafts” I interpreted her approach as freewriting for her first draft, allowing whatever came to mind and jotting it down on paper then returning to fix errors and be more concise with her point after her first draft. As for, “Rethinking the Shitty First Draft,” the writing approach of George Dila, first pointing out that she is a careful, obsessive writer, which I already can relate on while reading the article on her approach. George’s approach is writing what you need to and obsessively fixing it along the way because in the end, one is satisfied with the pages written.
As far as my writing approach, George Dila’s approach which is obsessively revising as you type/write is the best description of my own writing process. Although, my older sister gets frustrated on how long it takes me to write a paper, nonetheless a post like this. However, that is just me as a writer, I personally don’t like a “shitty” first draft because it is too messy for me and I’m not able to pinpoint my central idea. Therefore, if my first sentence is bad in my eyes, I won’t continue unless I revise it and I am satisfied with it, although, here and there I do tend to write down thoughts that come to mind to put into my writing besides that, I normally revise it along the way. Revising along the way is my writing approach because I don’t like messy, rough, drafts because it isn’t concise to me and irks me in a way as well. Revising along the way allows me as a writer to comprehend my thoughts and be satisfied with the draft given which I admit does tend to take time, but I would rather give it my all then submit a “shitty” first draft.
It sounds like you have found a process that works for you, but sometimes even a carefully written first draft can require a lot of revision – particularly if your idea of what you want to say changes as you continue to think deeply about a project.