Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Shitty First Drafts

Lamont is saying that when people think of how writers write they think they just sit down and hammer out solid usable work however that is not the case at all.  Even the best authors, most respected authors, and English professors struggle writing first drafts.  Lamont believes that all you need to do to get started is just write a first article loaded with bullll shit (just get stuff on the paper) then write a second, better draft, then a usable final draft.  She said the first draft is a "down draft", just get the ideas written down on paper even if it looks like a child wrote it.  The second draft is an "up draft", you fix up the first and crop out the bad and keep the good.  Then she said the third draft is the "dental draft", the draft where you "check every tooth, to see if its loose or cramped or decayed" and really do a close inspection then end up with a good flowing final paper.  Wikipedia gives us access to the drawing board, which is essentially a place where all the shitty first drafts come to hang out and gain helpful criticism to hopefully one day cut the shit and become a legitimate article.

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