Week 3 – Nevontae McDowell

When I read ” Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott and “Rethinking the Shitty First Draft.” by George Dila’s I initially thought. When do these two authors know exactly when a draft is THEE one? Also, how many attempts did it take for them to realize that the draft was nothing more than a draft? Nonetheless, I believe that I have more of a connection to Anne Lamott when it comes to writing drafts. I never really try to have a direct reason or meaning behind what exactly I am writing about until it is done. If I have a certain amount of errors or moments where I ask myself what exactly am I going on about? Then it’s probably a great time to go back to what objectives I was suppose to hit during my drafts. But, I also agree with George Dila’s. I am so used to critiqued with my writing that I don’t really continue the process of an essay until I know exactly that I got approval from a instructor. This is similar to writers striving for perfection in their craft or projects right off the back. No one wants to write something that is really bad in the beginning. We all want that high quality paper that gets shown off to whomever. But, what I fail to realize and probably what others fail to realize too. Is that that type of quality in work comes from revising and going over numerous drafts so that it can reach that perfection and quality that it really should be.