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September 13, 2005
Shitty First Drafts
"I know some very great writers, writers you love who write beautifully and have made a great deal of money, and not one of them sits down routinely feeling widly enthusiastic and confident.
My interpretation...That no matter what caliber of a writer that you are writing a first draft is tough. For everyone those first few paragraphs are hard to get past. Writing a intelligent aand deep first draft is near impossible for anyone. You have to figure out a way that you can get your ideas out, but dont expect it to be a pultizer award winning paper on your first shot at it.
"Very few writers know what they're doing until they've done it."
My interpretation...You cant plan a direction that your paper is going to head. You have to let your thoughts carry your paper and not think to much about how it will sound. This way you can have a final product that will reflect your true message that you are trying to get across. When you start on your first draft you should have no idea how your paper will end, and what it will say in the middle for that matter.
Posted by at September 13, 2005 4:40 PM