Journal Response Three; 2nd Try

Ok, let me try again. This article is incredibly relatable to me. When I was walking home from class on Friday, I was actually thinking about how I thought I had a competence for writing, but by no means when I consider myself a writer; the act of writing is just not pleasurable to me. But Lamott's opening of how other writers- good writers in fact- have a difficult time with their writing process too. I really did have the image of my mind of good writers having the ability to just pour out ideas seamlessly without writers block and the construct the perfect word choice with the perfect word choice all at once. So knowing that writers also have distaste for starting to write too, it kind of boosted my confidence right away. I also really felt better when she described her frantic fear when her ideas weren't finding the page, because I always have the toughest time channeling my initial thoughts to something articulate. And going through a progression of procrastinating is also similar to how I operate as a writer. How I differ is my total avoidance of a first draft. I usually don't have the time to make one, so I just make a short outline and build of that. I never let myself type anything until I have formulated the perfect wording in my mind; unlike Lamott who just throws up whatever she is thinking. Considering the success she and other writer's have with that, plus the pleasing results I had with writing my memoir, I think I will start relying more heavily on first drafts. I don't plan on making them shitty per say, but if I were to turn in my first memoir draft, it wouldn't in hell be up to snuff. So I guess I can now appreciate how my first writing isn't the best or even close to good and quality writing does require some fixing and drafting. I really liked the down, up and dental draft system, it kind of gave me a guide on how to work through my papers now. One thing I had a problem with the article is Lamott's lack of description in the fix up stage. That is the step I have the least experience with, so it is the hardest for me to do. I would have liked to know how she fixes it, what she looks for, how to condense her thoughts. But overall, I really can take a lot away from this article. I usually don't take anything away from reading school required material, let alone enjoy it. But this dispelled a lot of doubt I had in my writing ability and as long as I go through with putting the time into making shitty first drafts, I might derive some pleasure form writing now.This isn't exactly what I had the first time, and I really wish my first attempt to respond was posted, but this entry flowed out pretty well too, and now I'm back on the good side of writing.