The reading “Shitty First Drafts” may quite possibly be one
of my favorite readings I’ve ever been assigned to do for a class. I’m not exaggerating, I literally bookmarked
the reading on my computer so that I wouldn’t forget/lose it. This reading really resonated with me
because, for some reason that I am currently unaware of, I get really
self-conscious when other people read my writing. I’m not just talking about people reading
more personal writing pieces (like poems
or song lyrics), I’m talking about all my writing—even dry, academic,
cut-and-paste assignments that contain none of my personal opinions or beliefs whatsoever. Basically, I’m the person in class who
absolutely cringes when the teacher utters the words “peer-review.”
This reading really caught my attention when the author said
that “very few writers really know what they are doing until they've done it.” Yesssssss.
I thought it was just me (maybe it is and I’m interpreting this
wrong)—but every time I receive an assignment I think back to the last
frustratingly stressful, indecisive, and chaotic process I went through to
complete my last writing assignment and I say to myself “This time—I will plan,
I will organize, I will make decisions, I will commit!” Yet still to this very
day, I feel like I’ve never used the same process, or any efficient process for
that matter, twice. When I thought about
this sad but true fact, I realized that I have so much trouble using a
systematic process when writing because I write best and come up with my best
ideas when I figure out what I’m writing as I go. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve found
myself writing my thesis after my conclusion…
1 comment:
Ooooh, I should have written about that reading.. That was an interesting read; it was fun and informative at the same time.
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