Week 3- Elijah Gonzalez

After reading Anne Lamott’s, “Shitty First drafts” her approach to writing became very clear. With her thinking, She insisted the only way to write a piece that is near perfect, is to first write a “Shitty” first draft. From that first draft, you write another that is closer to the way you want it and more precise. By the time you get to your last draft, it will no longer be a draft, but a master piece compared to the first one. Typically, this is how Ive  known to write by my essays. Although I can’t really say I let my first draft be a complete mess. In that sense, it compares to ” Rethinking the shitty first draft” written by George Dila. Dila states that he does not let his first draft be a complete mess and all over the place. He then insist that letting your first draft have a weak foundation, will cause more work for you to get to a better piece. After reading these two articles, Ive found a balance of what they were saying in my own process. I do believe it is better to just get words down on a paper, then to stare at a blank page in disparity. In this, you will have more room to wiggle around your writing and have the chance to make it better. Yet , what use is it if all the words on the page, have nothing to do with each other. It is important that even when jotting down random things,  they are good enough for you work with. If not, this can cause you even more writers block.