tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post6879723145870370575..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Shitty First DraftsJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-10556802268337473792011-10-30T21:14:21.192-05:002011-10-30T21:14:21.192-05:00Hm, then I must not be that visual. But instead of...Hm, then I must not be that visual. But instead of a "bad first draft", I'll map out the (tentative) ideas and some phrases, quotations, etc., but not actually write full sentences in it. Thus armed, I'll write a draft. The idea of a bad first draft seems like a waste of time: if you're going to write too superficially and fast to explore anything, then that means you Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-82161932150336129852011-08-16T20:29:34.914-05:002011-08-16T20:29:34.914-05:00I think I fall somewhere between you and Matt...I ...I think I fall somewhere between you and Matt...I form a lot in my head, but I have to get it OUT of my head in order to really see what it says.<br /><br />I also use about twice as many words as I need to, pretty much on a regular basis. I get the ideas out in the SFD, and then I look and go, "Okay, I see what I was saying there, but DAMN that sounds like crap." And then I can clean Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-85098839946123447642011-08-10T16:26:50.073-05:002011-08-10T16:26:50.073-05:00Well, there are some pretty spectacular cave paint...Well, there are some pretty spectacular cave paintings out there ... :-)Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-90316499730605624342011-08-09T20:11:26.676-05:002011-08-09T20:11:26.676-05:00Good points, brownstudy. Thanks for stopping by to...Good points, brownstudy. Thanks for stopping by to comment. Where your own internal standard is located will vary quite a bit from writer to writer.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-65523133587313682852011-08-09T19:39:42.766-05:002011-08-09T19:39:42.766-05:00Lamott is also addressing fiction writers and, I&#...Lamott is also addressing fiction writers and, I'd say, people who have no experience writing anything very much, and so it is liberating to be given the permission to be imperfect. (Inexperienced writers also tend to think they need to write a story in the same order as which it is read, and that does not have to be the case at all.) Writing a SFD can also get one around writers block, when brownstudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10333599990012361188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-55269929019318097162011-08-09T08:21:59.493-05:002011-08-09T08:21:59.493-05:00What I like about the "shitty first drafts&qu...What I like about the "shitty first drafts" idea is that it accounts for fundamentally different learning styles. for instance, I'm a hands-down visual learner. I work with friends who do all their thinking in their heads, and write really good first drafts.<br /><br />For me, that process is paralyzing. I have to see what I'm doing in order to figure out what I think. I need toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com