After reading "Shitty First Drafts," the sentence that probably most stuck out to me is when the author, Ann Lamott, says "Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts." I think this makes me a little more comfortable to know that authors who write best-selling novels don't write their story in one draft. Also, the author here admits that she often has a panic attack where she thinks she isn't a good writer and a failure as a journalist, so all that is a little more comforting to us.
at September 12, 2005 11:57 AM