This is Scott's Rational

Ahh shitty first drafts. The name really caught my attention at first. And as I read the reading, i realized why I felt bad about my paper whenever I turned them in, in High School. During High School, i would wait until the night before and write the paper starting at 10pm. I always thought this was when I would get my ideas flowing and would be able to write my best, sort of. See every time I finished the paper, I would re-read it and believe that it was the best thing ever, and when I turned it in, my teachers thought it was good and well written as well. But when I would get the paper back I often re-read it and realized that there was so much more that I had to write or express in the paper and I would ask myself, man why do I always get great ideas, after the assignment is due. Well now I know. See just like the author described the way she writes her first drafts, by simply putting everything on her mind in the paper, I too did that, but with a little more restraint on what I actually out down. I now realize it really does help to write a first draft, take a break, read it and then rewrite it, because though many thought my writing was great in the first place, what would they have thought if I had taken more time on it and revised it?
Now back to the reading. Another thing I liked about this reading was that, well i guess I already stated it, but she had so much in common with me. When I am writing something or doing any homework, many different thoughts on other things I could be doing break into my head or I’ll get up and get something to eat, then check my mail or watch a little TV. Its nice to know that though I am just a normal nobody in the grand scheme of life, that one who has made it and is successful to an extent has the same mannerism that I do. This gave me hope that maybe one day i might become a writer, and possibly help someone else out in some way.