James A. Irvine
Professor Jill Yoder
Writing 101
15 September 2014
Shitty First Draft
This Short Chapter I can really relate to because to be completely honest almost every single persons first draft of a paper is not very good. I know personally there are usually a bunch of grammatical errors as well things just not flowing how you want them to.
But hey that is the point of a first draft you take a crappily put together piece of paper and through peer reviews you slowly but surely mold it into a great paper. Some people do not like peer review or do not want people to be to “harsh” with their papers but I feel that is the only way to approach a rough draft. A rough draft is you just throwing your thoughts on to a paper and hoping that it forms decent paragraphs and makes sense.
The first draft should be covered in red pen marks showing where certain sentences would work better with the paper or maybe telling you that a sentence or word shouldn’t be there. This is how you learn, through trial and error you make a good paper. I do not know how many times I think I have a great paper and then I have somebody look over it and it seems that there is more red ink then black. But hey isn’t this what the rough draft is for?
Nobody is a great rider to begin with even author have to look over there papers more than once that is the beauty of a rough draft. You can be a crappy writer and still get a paper that will get you that grade that you want. This article made me feel better about myself because it says that it is okay to have a poorly put together paper in the first draft it is just a foundation to work off of. And believe me my first drafts are definitely a work in progress.