I enjoyed reading this piece; the title “Shitty First Draft” is very catchy. I like the fact that it relates to the readers and writers. It makes me feel better about my writing. Everyone can be a good writer. Perfection can never be reached in writing. You can always improve from the first draft to draft #infinity. I definitely understand Lamott when she stated, “In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts.” I cannot disagree with that. I have been through that stage almost every time when I write a major paper. You might think that authors were born to be great writers, but no. They might have had re-writes for just the very first paragraph of the introduction for more than thirty times. When I write my first drafts, I just state my important ideas and details. This first stage is like brainstorming to me. However, I do a poor job in making transitions and being grammar free. Sometimes, I am embarrassed to show people my very first draft because it is not spotless. Yet, after reading this piece, a shitty draft is not a big deal, just pick up that pen and do some editing.

Lamott mentioned, “Very few writers really know what they are doing until they’ve done it.” This is exactly me, and it does not only apply to writing, but also in drawing. I’m a terrible artist; most of the time, I can only do stick figures. However, when I just pick up that pencil and don’t think about what I want to draw, magic happens. The same goes for writing. You cannot determine what your final product will look like until the very end. I like the way how the first draft is described as the “down draft” and the second draft is the “up draft”.