Anne Lamott's essay of "Shitty First Drafts" opened up a new way of writing for me. For the most part i did believe that great writers need not hesitate when they sat down to draft. Rather, i believed that the words came flowing into their head. When i realized that they do also have trouble getting started and putting words on paper, it made me realize that getting words on the paper is the most important part. Once you put those ideas on paper, everything will go from there. I paused as i realized that everything i put down the first time can just be for the sake of creating ideas for the real topic.
A writing task for me is a grueling, lengthy "one-sit" type of process. In that, i mean that getting my task done in one effort without having to go back and edit it over a span of time is what i preferred. This process is one of late nights, and several mindblocks that gobbles up time. For instance, rather write a shitty sentence and get a good word out of it and go from there, i would sit in my chair for 20 minutes pondering on the right sentence. This causes my writing process to be very slow, but end in one effort. My first draft seems to be my final draft with just some grammatical corrections.
Writing is frying eggs. In the beggenning its raw, but once its cooked the final product is delicious.
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