Alex Gilkerson
ENG 1510
9-13-12
Anne Lamott
When I opened Writing about Writing, I found Anne Lamott in the table of contents and turned to page 301. Not very excited to read, I began with the first paragraph. After the first sentence, I finally read the title “Shitty First Drafts”. This really intrigued me. I started reading more and got really into her way of thinking. Anne seems like a real free spirit and says what ever comes to her mind. She is really blunt with everything which I respect. She says that no one can sit down and write a perfect paper in one try. She then proceeds to say that “one person” can but they do not like her. I really wish she would inform us on who that author is. That would be pretty funny and interesting. Everything she says I can relate to which is a good change of pace, since everything else I read I understand six words. I really agree with one of her quotes. She says,”Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts”. This is very true because you always do more than one draft. Like she had stated before, no one can sit down and write a perfect paper. Towards the end of the article it started to get a little weird. She started to talk about how she talks to people who aren’t really there and explaining to imaginary cops what had happened. I wish most our readings were like this, it keeps things exciting.
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