Wow I really wish we had read this in the beginning of this class, it would have been really beneficial. To have the reaffirmation that it’s totally ok to write something that sounds bizarre and senseless and it’s ok because nobody else is going to read it. She states that going into drafting it’s important to drop all expectations going in and just let it all out. When I sit down to write an essay or some extended paper, the blank google document that stares back at me is intimidating.”How am I supposed to fill these pages with my thoughts and ideas ?”. It’s overwhelming. At some point there my essay will be fully typed up and completed. But the thing that bothers me is why does it take me so long to produce these sentences. Why can’t it take minutes rather than days? Well as Anne Lamott points out all the good writing emerges from the really sloppy and chaotic writing. This is a “technique” I started using this year that consists of just putting everything that comes to mind on the paper. Once this is complete I can go back and weave through my words and tweak and expand the things I like as well as get rid of all the things I don’t. As she states, not even the most world famous writers can sit down and produce quality writing. No, everybody has to get through the first draft first.