First drafts blog

Anne Lamott starts out by telling about her life and just talks about writing in general. She talks about what people may think about successful writers and what actual goes on. Many people think that great writers just sit down and can just write pages of text and form it into a great piece of work. Lamott brings up the point that, "very few writers really know what they are doing until they've done it" (Lamott, Section 2). Lamott uses the word shitty first drafts. I think it is a very good way to describe writing when you first sit down to put down your thoughts. She describes is as a "child's draft," in that you can write down whatever you want and say whatever you want because you can revise it later (Lamott, Section 4).
When I am starting to write, I just write down as many notes about the topic as I can. I do not want to forget anything so I just write it all down even if I may not use it later in the final draft. I sometimes find that I write down important information and do not even realize it. Then later in the paper, in the second and third drafts, I find that piece of information and it contributes to the paper in a big way.