Shitty first draft response

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Reading this really made me realize how differently I structure my process when it comes to writing. I’m the kind of person who doesn’t really like writing so I don’t even bother writing a draft if it’s not required. Usually I just try to put a lot of thought into my first attempt at writing and hope for the best. Not surprisingly enough, my writings do end up sucking. It’ll end up sounding super forced and without much fluidity to it. Even when I do first (or even second and third) drafts, the end product doesn’t seem to be that much better but those drafts were never used as a way to just get my thoughts on paper. This might turn out to be an advantageous way of writing because sometimes when I’m writing I’ll have a lot of thoughts floating around in my head and while I’m working on structuring my sentences and making them sound good, I end up forgetting some of what I was thinking. Also, the article makes a good point that no one really has to see your first draft so it really doesn’t even matter if it sucks. There have been times, of course, where I write just to get my thoughts out but I don’t always spend much time on the revising and editing process. I think it’ll be very interesting to really test out this method of writing. I don’t think it’s something that’ll work for everyone since everyone has a different process that works for them but it’s definitely worth some experimenting.

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  1. UnknownSeptember 4, 2017 at 7:18 PM

    I feel the same way about writing and have often approached projects and essays the same way and my writing has suffered accordingly. I think this new way of writing first drafts could help my writing quality and facilitate my writing process despite adding an extra step.

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