Shitty First Drafts

Lamont's assumption is that established writers are able to sit down every morning and write amazing pieces that only take one draft and are perfect the first time. that they dont need to re write anything because the first draft is a perfect piece of writing. i think that it is prevalent because as the reader we dont get to see the behind the scenes parts of the writing process. all we see is the finished process so we assume that that was the first draft and that it came out of the writers brain exactly how it is on the page. the actual process of writing is writing a quick first draft to get everything on paper. then going back and tweaking the paper to add and cut items to make it better. then go back at least one more time to finish up the paper and make sure that everything is where it should be.

Wikipedia allows us to access the shitty first drafts through the view history tab. i think this is helpful because it allows the reader to see exactly where the piece of writing has been and where it started. it lets us see the shitty first draft that in other mediums we would not be able to see.