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When creating my first draft, it was pretty complicated because I was trying to perfect my first draft, which is a habit that I have had for years, but I was also trying to remember the article "Shitty First Drafts" that I read and reminding myself that it is okay to make mistakes on the first draft. My experience with writing my draft was sort of different from the text because I continued to revert back to old habitats, and I was not completely comfortable in writing down my thoughts imperfectly. I am so used to treating my first draft as my final draft, and I tend to stress myself out as a result. My experience was also similar to the text in a way that I did at some point just write down my thoughts instead of going into deep thinking on how I can make a clever statement. Therefore, I have mixed feelings on my draft, but I know I will be able to treat my first draft as my first draft.

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  1. UnknownSeptember 18, 2017 at 12:36 PM

    I found writing the first draft to be quite difficult as well. I am so used to perfecting my work that I actually kept re-reading my draft to make sure it made sense.

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  2. UnknownSeptember 18, 2017 at 5:05 PM

    I agree with you that writing the first draft was difficult. I also try to perfect my first draft and found myself rereading and editing it over and over again.

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