Shitty First Draft Response
I felt a little disappointed to when reading this article, to be honest. Back in freshman English, we read and referenced this article plenty of times and it brought ease to know I was be working with familiar work. When I read the article however, it wasn't as helpful as I remember. I felt like over-emphasized a process to writing a shitty first draft instead of emphasizing the idea of just writing what you wanted to writing not taking grammatical issues, or concern of the reader into consideration. I felt like it should've focused more on getting a topic and just writing like the wind on the first draft.
Even thought the article was disappointing, it was still helpful. It gave me new ideas to writing when approaching a certain topic. I liked how Anne Lammott approached writing cooking reviews. It makes me want to consider doing the same for first drafts. For example, if I was ever given a draft that could compare two related topic like our genre essay. I think approaching two different forms of genres would be easier when viewing it from our peers point of view. Cause then from their opinions, you could form your own while taking their's into consideration.
I feel like the article is definitely helpful for writing shitty first drafts. It shows how even some of the best writers struggle with writing but also have their own methods to success. I do feel like there were points of under- & over-emphasizing but, in all, a strong argument for not letting the stress get to you. My final thought is this, I feel like writing should be taken serious but not to the point where you feel like suicide is the only other option.
Even thought the article was disappointing, it was still helpful. It gave me new ideas to writing when approaching a certain topic. I liked how Anne Lammott approached writing cooking reviews. It makes me want to consider doing the same for first drafts. For example, if I was ever given a draft that could compare two related topic like our genre essay. I think approaching two different forms of genres would be easier when viewing it from our peers point of view. Cause then from their opinions, you could form your own while taking their's into consideration.
I feel like the article is definitely helpful for writing shitty first drafts. It shows how even some of the best writers struggle with writing but also have their own methods to success. I do feel like there were points of under- & over-emphasizing but, in all, a strong argument for not letting the stress get to you. My final thought is this, I feel like writing should be taken serious but not to the point where you feel like suicide is the only other option.
My feelings towards this article was a little different than yours because I didn't find it disappointing, I found it more helpful than anything. It helps you to relate to some well-known authors knowing that they have to make drafts and that they're not always good.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I was not introduced to this article until this year. I can definitely see how re-reading this article again and again year after year could certainly make it boring or not as helpful. That said, I am very glad you were able to at least game some sort of knowledge or new ideas from this. I too really enjoyed when she talked about her days writing cooking reviews. I will apply what I learned form her process into my own writing.
ReplyDeleteYour take on the article is very interesting, but maybe it's because you had read it before. I felt it was a bit comforting through the humorous tactics that the author implemented because it lessened the intimidation factor that writing often makes me feel. Since you mention that you found it disappointing and some of the comments (like suicide) to be unnecessary, maybe Lamott's article doesn't appeal to as wide of an audience as she had hoped. Regardless, it's good that you were able to once learn anti-stress tips from it!
ReplyDeleteHi Richard
ReplyDeleteThe form in which the author writes her critiques can be very interesting in the sense of thinking outside the box in terms of inspiration for her pre-writing processes. Hope that has inspired you maybe to do the same.