First Shitty Drafts Analysis - Often times, we as readers and writers struggle

Context for "First Shitty Drafts":

Often times, we as readers and writers struggle to gather our thoughts and put them on paper. Many times, we can write and then delete the entire page with this idea of it not being "good enough." "First Shitty Drafts" by Anne Lamott describes the difficulties we face as we try to get our point across and the self-critiquing that may or may not be doing us a disservice in the long run. We are born to make errors, but what how do we maintain a level of belief that our first draft is imperfect? or perfect?

Homework: Read "First Shitty Drafts" and write a two paragraph (1-page double spaced) on what this text is about. Ideally, your first paragraph will make connections from the text and what the author is overall stating. Second paragraph will give your response to the text. How did you feel? Did any parts of the text remind you of your own thoughts in terms of writing? Did you like this short essay? Hate it? Give your true authentic thoughts in this paragraph.

Text to self:

•             How does this remind me of my life?

•             How is this similar to my life?

•             How is this different from my life?

Text to text:

•             What does this remind me of in another text I’ve read?

•             How is this text similar to other things I’ve read? How is it different?

•             Have I read about something like this before?

•             How does this connect to other assigned texts in this course or in other courses?

Text to world:

•             How does this remind me of the real world?

•             How is this text similar to things that happen in the real world?

•             What passage relate to the world around me?

•             How does this text make me think about the world differently?