Drafts and Blogging

The article “Shitty First Drafts” was a very informative article and really hit home for me. As a student, writing has been ingrained in my mind. We have all been taught to write multiple drafts for papers, but I think that as we get older this idea isn’t as appealing. In high school it is obvious to see the people that actually take their time to write a good paper and those that put it together the night before. Those students fail to write multiple drafts and turn in their first draft because they procrastinate until the last second, and their grade reflects their effort. Writing is a difficult skill to achieve and very subjective and therefore many people fail to put forth the effort. I think reading this article was helpful because most times we sit down and expect a masterpiece to flow from our fingertips but in reality it takes time, revising, mistakes and much more to come out with a good piece of writing. Anne tells use to trust writing processes because they do lead to success.

I thought the article about blogging was interesting because it has become widespread throughout the Internet. I think teenagers thrive in blogs because they are more technology savvy and because they use the colloquial language blogs are known for.