Shitty First Drafts

             Whenever writing a paper, writing a first draft is paramount. Many writers will write their paper, do slight editing and be done. But when you write in drafts you are able to edit and rewrite drafts until you have an ultimate. Anne Lamott Introduces this as the idea of shitty first drafts. That even the best writers write shitty first drafts to begin the writing process.
            Every writer can learn from writing more and more shitty first drafts, be it a short story, an essay or a blog post.
            Lamott reminds the writer of the pressure that you feel when sitting down to start writing. It can be daunting to think of the 20 pages you need to begin-but if you take out the pressure that it needs to be good, you can just write and let it flow, it may be shitty, but its only the first draft.