Introduction to composing as a process:
No writing is truly a final piece. Anything written can always be improved or added on to. It is a constant cycle that we all follow. The term writing is defined as “all of the work that went into getting there.” And the “there” is called the product or end result.
Freewriting:
Freewriting is a method used to improve your writing. It requires you to write for at least 10 minutes without a break at least three times a week. Peter Elbow believes that the advantage of permitting more editing in writing when compared to speaking is also its downfall too. This method’s goal is to help get rid of the awkwardness and “general messiness” of our “natural verbal product.”
Shitty first drafts:
This writing is introduced with Anne Lamott’s personal story of writing a restaurant review. She mentions her process of getting to a final, well-written paper. She describes the how the first draft is always going to be horrible and to just push through it and that it can take days just to get your writing flow and “trust” yourself.
Response:
One thing I noticed that all these sections reference is the ability to trusting yourself or the process of getting things done by just sitting down and writing what’s in your head. Lamott’s strategy is very similar to the freewriting method in the sense that your first draft is never supposed to be considered amazing and to keep working on it until you feel it is your best work.