Category: Wk 8: First Drafts
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Sh*tty Drafts
Addressing my thoughts on Lamott’s Shitty First Drafts and offering alternative approaches to beginning writing that may help save time.
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Is it a Shitty First Draft?
Anne Lamott talks about Shitty First Drafts and how she tackles them, but is shitty the right word? How “shitty” can be controversial.
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The Best Writing Process? You Do You.
No one seems to agree on what the best writing process is. Some believe in bad first drafts, some don’t. The answer? You do you.
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An Attempt Was Made – First Drafts.
A look at how first drafts function, whether or not a shitty first draft is reasonable, and how those of us who don’t write shitty first drafts get by.
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Is a ‘shitty’ First Draft Really that Important?
Lamott believes that it’s necessary to write a “shitty” first draft but Dila believes there many valid methods of writing.
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Avoid the ‘shitty’ First Draft…or Don’t
Writers should avoid bad first drafts because they set the foundation for the entire writing process. Or maybe they should embrace it?
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Writing Stream of Consciousness
Lamott suggests that in order to get that almost perfect rough draft, you must have a “shitty” one at first. George Dila opposes her concept.
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Trial and Error the Process of Creation
This blog post is about the process of creating. I also mention my expierence as an artist and I compare making a rough sketch to rough drafts.
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Shitty First Drafts Are a Waste Of Time!
Writing shitty first drafts is like building a house knowing that the foundation is crooked, only to demolish it later on and start from scratch.
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Drafts: Shitty or Seed
Everything around us started off as a first draft. As the first of something will be improved upon. A first draft is the starting point of any discovery.