"Shitty drafts"

In the text, the writer refers as “the fantasy of uninimated” to all those persons that believe that all the writers start with a perfect draft. She clearly says that all the writers, even the good ones, start writing a “shitty first draft”. I find myself identify with the reading when Anne says that the first draft is a complete mess and this is when you want to put in paper everything that crosses your mind in that moment. When I start writing something I begin making notes of everything I want to put in my work, the order or connection doesn’t matter at this point. So reading this article was in some kind a relief. It made me realize that all the projects, no matter who you are, start with a draft that is a complete mess and it will continue getting better as soon as you continue writing your work.

I liked the observation the writer makes when it comes to start writing something. I find it very hard to sit down and start writing anything, even a grocery list. The process in which I get involve in this is long but as soon as I start it keeps going and going until I’m completely satisfy with my work. Of course, a lot of corrections and revisions are part of this process in order to fulfill myself and the person to who I am writing, if that’s the case.

By reading this article I felt much secure than when I started. I can see now that my first part of this essay is going to have mistakes that are part of a whole process and that I’m going to correct them by myself eventually when I continue revising my new drafts. Another option that I find very useful in this kind of situations is to show the work as it is in the moment to other people to have their opinion. Sometimes when we spend a lot of time writing and revising we are not able to see our mistakes, maybe because we find our work precious and unmistakable or sometimes simply because we blocked our head unconsciously due to the constant reading of the same thing. I find very useful sending my work to different persons not only to find my mistakes, but also to see my work from a different perspective.