In Shitty First Drafts, by Ann Lamott, she tells us that getting a
perfect first draft is not always going to happen. The way that we end up
getting decent second drafts is by having terrible first drafts. Writing takes
a lot of practice and it is not something that will hit you right away. Nobody writes
a perfect first draft or even second draft right away. Lamott calls the first
draft a child’s draft because you let everything you have to say go into that
draft. The key is to put all your thoughts onto the page because you could end
up putting a really good idea down. After all your thoughts are written on the
page just start looking and seeing what you can get rid of. Lamott says to
close your eyes and push out all the voices inside your head that are telling
you what to do because at the end of the day you are the writer and it is your
work and your say.
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