tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930306069100068496.post7432966523708697041..comments2011-03-19T07:56:14.387-07:00Comments on Learning Teacher: literacyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930306069100068496.post-576948172585622562010-11-21T16:44:59.717-08:002010-11-21T16:44:59.717-08:00I wonder if the process you go through with your w...I wonder if the process you go through with your writing is exemplifying not only the "shitty first draft" Lamott describes, but also Routman's main point, that writing is to communicate thought. Since language is the tool for our thoughts, I am thinking that maybe your first draft is your super brain thinking visibly and creating a meaning. Then, your editing is working with the Awavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18278896833115177291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930306069100068496.post-10783730504171189312010-11-01T12:14:57.932-07:002010-11-01T12:14:57.932-07:00Tina,
I love the concept of a shitty first draft t...Tina,<br />I love the concept of a shitty first draft too! I've always struggled with the idea of writing things down before I was happy with what I was saying. It's very freeing to think about writing a draft down and being able to think about and appreciate it for what it is: a rough draft. And it's important to remember that nobody's writing is ever perfect-much less the Katie Gahnberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10173509439497719058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7930306069100068496.post-45710343298699218662010-10-30T17:55:19.568-07:002010-10-30T17:55:19.568-07:00It's terrific that you have already discovered...It's terrific that you have already discovered how powerful, and freeing, terrible first drafts can be. It has always made me feel better about sharing my early writing to know that the people whose writing I most admire (people like Kathy Au, whose work you'll read later in the course) write really bad first drafts. <br />Interesting that you make corrections in green pen. For awhile I nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08533525098315019388noreply@blogger.com