Week 3 Response

Lamott’s writing style helps her make her point by convincing us that everyone makes bad first drafts. That it’s ok to make bad first drafts and she uses humor and personal experience to do that. I can relate to her about not being able to write anymore and think about getting her old job back. In paragraph five, she states: “I’m not going to be able to get the magic to work this time. I’m ruined. I’m through. I’m toast. Maybe, I’d think, I can get my old job back as a clerk typist. But probably not. I’d get up and study my teeth in the mirror for a while. Then I’d stop, remember to breathe, make a few phone calls, hit the kitchen and chow down.” However, I find that if I try to leave a writing assignment my tendency is to not come back at all. There are just too many distractions. This is where I can agree with some of her points but not all of them, but that is why we are all different. Some things will work for me but not for you. In paragraph seven she says that sometimes she writes a first draft that is twice as long as it should be. I struggle with wondering how on earth I will be able to come up with enough. Maybe I should go to the kitchen and chow down. It worked for her maybe it will work for me, oops my stomach just growled. It also doesn’t help with her talking about writing food reviews. Her main point is to just start writing and get something, anything down on paper. It’s a start and we all have to start somewhere.