Category: Topic 3: Process

  • 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.

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    Writers Block? NOT

    Writers block is a feeling in the head that you can not complete an assignment. Anxiety comes from the stress of an assignment.

  • First Drafts

    I recently read up on Anne Lamott’s Shitty First Drafts from Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life and George Dilla…

  • Shitty First Drafts…

    Writing first drafts can be difficult. Anne Lamott explains in “Shitty First Drafts” her experience with writing first drafts.

  • Man looking in mirror while rubbing shaving cream on his face.

    Bathroom Epiphanies

    A key part of the writing process does not actually involve writing. Much of the writing process involves planning and “bathroom epiphanies.”

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    Writing Is A Process!

    Our first drafts don’t have to be called shitty. The first drafts are our creativity and foundation. Our creativity should be appreciated instead.

  • Two white rats sit on bedding inside a cage.

    How do You Write? (Let’s Ask a Rat)

    The writing process is different for everyone, and most people aren’t even aware of their own. When observed, you may be surprised by what you find out.

  • Voices In My Head

    On the struggle of a complex imaginary audience, and the habits that change and surprisingly do not change when we are being observed.

  • Any work is rough from the outside looking in but it's the finished product that matters.

    The Rough Draft & You

    The rough draft is important in noticing one’s writing and style. Helping improve and guarantee a better grade before submitting their work.

  • First Drafts Are a Pain And That’s Okay

    Taking a glance at Lamott’s opinion on bad first drafts and other differing opinions to see what works for someone compared to everyone else.