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> Sure, but it's not clear that forcing all of that thought to happen before the first draft actually improves the final result. To that point, the essay "Shit
by daveguy 9y ago
> Sure, but it's not clear that forcing all of that thought to happen before the first draft actually improves the final result.
To that point, the essay "Shitty First Drafts" by Anne Lamott, 1954 is a great essay on the importance of shitty first drafts.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://wrd.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/1-Shitty%2520First%2520Drafts.pdf&ved=0ahUKEwiW94OE1bDUAhVJZCYKHRoTCAcQFggcMAA&usg=AFQjCNGlcIq4WcGVSvQTDm_U0zwBjJ31QQ https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/...
- jmkb 9y agoFor anyone doing a double-take on the essay's title being outlandish for 1954, that's her year of birth and this essay is an excerpt from her 1994 book Bird by Bird.