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Q LITERATE PRACTICES AND PROCESSES]—Meaningful writing is achieved through sustained engagement in literate practices (e.g., thinking, researching, reading, interpreting, conversing) and through revision. Read "Shitty First Drafts and Perfectionism" in this week's readings then answering all of the following in a post. 1. Who is Anne Lamott? Be specific about her credentials and background, as if you were formally introducing her to an audience, which is an important literate practice in academics. Research to find information. 2. How does Lamott understand her own drafting process? How does this compare to how you previously believed professional writers went about their work? 3. Share two or three specific strategies, attitudes, or moves Lamott mentions in the essay that really stood out to you. Why did these things stand out? How would you respond to these ideas? 4. How do you see these strategies, attitudes, or moves being useful in your own writing process, particularly writing a first draft? PreviousNext

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In the story of “Shitty First Drafts and Perfectionism”, I realized that Annie Lamott is someone I can admire. Annie Lamott is an intelligent, dedicated, and influential woman who does not know what she is doing and who owns it. She is a 65-year-old liberal with fear and determination and has no choice but to respect. She identifies that his writing career and the views surrounding it were chaotic. She not only understood it but accepted it. Everyone knows what to write, rewrite and rewrite, but everyone hates and is afraid of the process. No one likes to work and feel guilty again and again.