Week 3- Assignment Jose Perez

“Rethinking the Shitty First Draft” by George Dila and ” Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott, are argumentative writings, that criticize and uphold the standpoint on writing firsts drafts. “Rethinking the Shitty First Draft” by George Dila embraces the offensive side on writing firsts drafts, claiming “In fact, I cannot even allow myself to write a shitty first sentence, let alone immediately follow the first with another few hundred shitty sentences.” Believing that writing your first draft poorly would make it a much harder task revising it in the future, such,  making the writing structure very hard to support and develop. Comparing it to “Building a house” and creating a mess due to the mess-ups on the way. ” Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott, takes on the more defensive standpoint on the topic and endorses the usage of a first draft. Anne comprehends the usage of the first draft in her writing, and feels as “All good writers write them”. In her perspective, the usage of a first draft gives a writer the ability to reread and point out mishaps easier than fixing it along the way. Personally, I feel as in I usually take on George’s writing style of perfecting the writing as you go on. It’s like developing a home. If one goes carelessly from the start, the foundation for the structure will become very weak. From my experience with creating first drafts, I feel as in creating them makes me force my writing to keep on going, making me question everything I write. From that standpoint, when revising comes, the feeling of uncertainty is all over the place. I’m a “fix it at the moment” kind of person. With that being said, I do believe it all depends on the writer. Some, such as myself, prefer fixing issues along the way. Others feel as in doing that will make their writing uncomprehending, and prefer on doing the first draft.