Category: Topic 3: Process
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I write a beautiful first draft
What is considered shitty writing? Through our writing drafts how we allow ourselves to express is what truly matters not what others say
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Shit First Drafts
Shitty first drafts are the key to good writing. They let ideas flow without judgment, freeing you to improve in the next draft.
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First Draft
Having a bad rough draft is okay because in order to get a writing piece to full potential you will need to put all of your ideas on paper.
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First Drafts: How Many Drafts Live Within Them?
In the selection “Shitty First Drafts” from her book Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott asserts that all good writers write shitty first drafts.
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Revision & Feedback
A look into Carol Berkenkotter’s article and how it discusses revision and feedback, as well as Donald M. Murray’s critique on ethics.
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Rules of Writing and Revising?
The writing process is not a one-size-fits-all process, as researcher Carol Berkenkotter and professional writer Donald Murray discover.
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Writer’s Block, Outlines & Failure
I plan and schedule when I do which assignments, and work in my leisurely activities based around those times to do my assignments.
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Begone, timed essays
The SAT, and timed essays like it, can’t assess how well thought-out a paper is; the time constraint works against that.
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Shitty Writing: We All Do It, No Matter What George Dila Says
Whilst Dila may be averse to admitting it, he writes shitty first drafts too. The perfectionist in him just will not allow it to be a shitty first draft.
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The First Draft
In conclusion, Long’s method is for writers who find comfort in planning and structure, asserting that writing doesn’t have to be effective.