Week 3 Rosalia Flores

Both “Shitty First Drafts” and “Rethinking the Shitty First Draft” are informative and argumentative essays on how a first draft is written as well as the process it takes to create a piece of writing. And after reading both of these I feel like my writing style leans more towards Lammot’s. Because in reality that is my case most of the time. In the beginning I am even clueless sometimes on what I truly am wanting to write about or the point i’m trying to get to. Or sometimes I am just aware that it is going to take a few tries to get my “perfect” sentence or piece of writing. So I allow myself room and time for that. On the other hand I feel like Georges writing style is too formal, uptight, or serious in itself. His essay even goes as far as discrediting Lammot’s style. And since I personally identify myself with Lammot’s writing style, I do not agree very much with George. I believe first drafts are indeed a mess and should be in order to see your own progress and learn from yourself. Because you can’t and shouldn’t beat up yourself over a first draft since it’s only the beginning of your writing. Yes having a strong foundation is important but you can’t really build that foundation if you don’t have secure material yet or a few trials. And that is what drafts are for. So in the end it’s all about balance. You can’t put yourself on a pedestal and expect everything you write to be your final word or your ultimate piece of writing, but you can’t over scrutinize yourself either and set up standards that shouldn’t apply to something that is a fresh first draft. So I would instead give myself time and space for error and put my energy towards the purpose of my writing.