Assignment task:
Reading: Anne Lamott's "Shitty First Drafts"
Prompts
1. In paragraph 7, Lamott refers to a time when, throughc experience, she "eventually let [herself] trust the process - sort of, more or less." She is referring to the writing process, of course, but why "more or less"? Do you think her doubt in herself is personal, or is she speaking for all writers? (Explain your answer and show quotes and examples from the reading).
2. Lamott obviously knows what the weakness in her first drafts are likely to be. Most, maybe all, writers have something similar. What are yours? (Explain your answer and show quotes and examples from the reading).
3. From what Lamott has to say, is writing a first draft more about the product or the process? Do you agree in regard to your own first drafts? (Explain your answer and show quotes and examples from the reading).