Week 3- Jesus Medina

Anne Lamott’s “Shitty First Drafts” and George Dila’s “Rethinking the Shitty First Draft” use two very different approaches when it comes to their writing. Anne Lamott states that it is okay to make mistakes on your first draft as long as you are writing down new ideas. This way you can have all your ideas put together, and fix all your mistakes in the later drafts. George Dila’s approach is different because it doesn’t use second drafts. Instead, he works on the first draft and fixes his mistakes along the way as he writes. Everyone has a different writing style and the approach they take depends on the type of style they like. Personally, I tend to go with George Dila’s style because when I am writing, I check for mistakes about every three sentences I write. If I were to use Anne Lamott’s style, I would lose the structure I am trying to write and makes it harder for me to write down my ideas in the right order. Meanwhile, George Dila’s approach I am able to write down my ideas in the order I want without losing track. Also, I don’t like writing multiple drafts because I usually don’t change much besides adding a few things. In the past I have not been successful writing down multiple drafts. I have only done it because my teacher made me. I like fixing my mistakes as I write and that is why George Dila’s approach is the best for me to use.