shitty response to shitty first drafts

I enjoyed the informal, humorous tone of this article. We are often told to just write down everything we can in a first draft, but Lamott's spin on things made this idea much more memorable. As someone who obsesses over making every little detail in even first drafts perfect, I feel that this is something I can certainly benefit from reading.

Historically, rather than creating entirely new drafts for assignments, I just edit the original draft on a Google Doc until I'm happy enough with it to consider it a final draft. However, I recognize that I may need to adopt a different method of writing during college. I think that my method works well enough, but I am willing to give Lamott's advice a shot.

It is also helpful to know, as she pointed out at the beginning of the article, that even authors with great accolades may struggle with writing. As someone who used to enjoy writing for fun but ended up talking myself out of continuing to do it because I was always so unhappy with the most minor of details in the stories I wrote, I hope that this article will stick in my head if I ever decide to dive back into that hobby.