Dila Archives - Intro to Writing

Let it be shitty or make it pretty.

adjangte

Are you one who pours it all out on paper? Or do you constantly revise as you go? Are you team shitty or team pretty?

townsege

The blog posts for me are more like my shitty first draft. Just my on going stream of thought while my head phones are in my ears…

Kait Nemeth

Shitty first drafts are completely normal, but what if you’re a perfectionist, who is bad at outlines and writers block?! Uh oh.

David Melara

A brief discussion on the importance of the first draft and whether or not it should be crafted with precision or as a catch all for potential ideas.

Julia

There is only one set way to write; no, it varies. Everyone has different ways of getting started when it comes to writing.

Sara Barcelos

Examine two different ways to write a first draft from two authors with different perspectives. Is writing a shitty first draft the only way to go?

Carli Lopez

Lamott believes that it’s necessary to write a “shitty” first draft but Dila believes there many valid methods of writing.