Anne Lamott's Shitty First Drafts

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Recommended: Shitty First Drafts,” by Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott comes across as a very smooth and less technical writer, as she starts the prelude to her "Shitty First Drafts". Her humorous tone in the first paragraph really emphasizes the mood for the rest of the article. In the first paragraph she begins to discuss the stereotypes that people may assume to be true about writers. She then goes into the idea that just because a writer may have novels on a best seller list, or is making a ton of money, doesn't mean that she doesn't struggle when composing a first draft. Towards the conclusion of her first paragraph, readers tend to see the easier going, and humor sensed Lamott. She makes a silly statement when she writes, "All right, one of them does, but we do not like her very much."(par. …show more content…

A particular catching part of her paper is her second main point in writing Shitty First Drafts. Lamott discusses how being vulnerable like a child will allow you to pour out everything that your meaning to express in your paper. Children have no filter; they usually say whatever is on their mind and what they are exactly feeling inside. Towards the end of the paragraph Lamott makes an extremely smart point, if you weren't rambling on and pouring everything out on the paper, you may never find what you are truly looking for.

In Lamotts third point she describes applying technique of writing to her actual life. She starts off by telling readers of her position in writing food reviews for the California Magazine. Next, she begins to explain the steps she took in writing one of these reviews. First she would go to one of the restaurants, not only once but a numerous amount of times. Along with her she would bring a team of opinionated friends who would help her to freely express what she was trying to purpose to readers. After a few days she would sit down to her desk and begin her journey in trying to write her first draft. Through this process she would stumble and struggle with finding the perfect way to compose her review. Lamotts last thought in this paragraph is one that should help but writers to ease, no matter how "shitty"

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