My experience was a little different from Anne Lamott’s. While I was writing my first draft, I felt that it was written much differently than hers were. Mine was written in the mind set of expecting my peers to see it and annotate my work. Where as Anne knew that no one would see her writing. My mind set was I would have to make my free write sound some what good and I was stressed or worried most of the time of what my peers would think of my writing. If I knew that no one was going to see what I wrote I might of wrote my free draft more carelessly and got more of my thoughts down. I think trusting her process of writing would be really good for me. This is because I do get stressed and worried of what people will think of my writing so I attempt to write my papers thinking that everyone will see them. In trusting her process, I think that if I do decide to follow it, I would be very happy with the results.

 

Revision Plan Strategy

My personal goal for revision is to create a well written paper that has good grammar, is well organized, and clearly portrays my thoughts and ideas.

Steps in order to achieve this is:

–          Create a free write to get all my ideas and thoughts out on paper.

–          Read over to check my grammar and organization.

–          Let other people read my paper and ask for them to provide their honest opinions and helpful comments about my paper.

–          Rewrite paper with all new and helpful ideas.

My biggest challenge with revising is getting all my thoughts down first. I find it hard to just write what ever comes to mind because I am constantly thinking in the back of my head what other people are going to think of my paper. So I feel pressured and end up holding back on a lot of poetically good pieces of my essay.

For this specific issue that I struggle with, I can use a lot of my resources to help me out with this problem, such as my writing fellow. She is there to help me figure out where I’m getting stuck and help me to get out of that rut. I can also use the help of my friends to support me by keeping me encouraged on what I am writing.