Dorien
- Hometown: San Diego
- Bored of SD, could use a change in scenery
- Interested in robotics, aviation, rocketry, legos
- Memorized 505 by Arctic Monkeys
- Wants to learn more about rocketry, aerospace
Shitty First Drafts
First Off
- Every writer starts with shitty first drafts
- The most important thing is getting your thoughts flowing out of your brain
and on to paper!- Getting started with writing is the hardest part
Shitty First Drafts Responses
- The people who haven’t gone through the process of forcing yourself to
write even when your brain isn’t flowing think that all good writers write
elegant first drafts.- Lamott says “more or less” to express that for her, the writing process is
always plagued by uncertainty and non-uniformity. Even though she has been
through the process of writing shitty first drafts many times, they always
feel like “shitty first drafts” with no clear structure, just a brain dump.
I believe that this is the same feeling that most writers share.- First drafts are more about the process.
The Art of Pre-Writing
Start with reading critically: the prompt, course materials, any additional
sources.
Concept Mapping
- Gather all of the evidence relevant to your paper and visualize it
- Draw connections between the pieces of evidence
Developing a Thesis Claim- Look at the connections on your concept map: these are your themes
- Draft a thesis claim that addresses the prompt, drawing on your themes
Outlining- Develop the structure for your paper: What organization will help you argue
effectively for your thesis claim?