first draft

Anne Lamott is famous in writing circles for her advice on the virtues of bad first drafts.


Bad first drafts, she says, are really a good thing, because they’re honest. By getting the raw words on a page, before an editor touches them, you capture the essence of the story.


As I stand in my kitchen writing this, I can’t help but think that life is no different.


There’s no editor. No re-dos. It’s all one big first draft.


Which is what makes it so real and fresh and exciting.


And, for me, that’s something I’m thankful for.


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Published on November 22, 2018 01:45
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