In Anne Lamott's "Shitty First Drafts", Anne talks about writing being something that is not rapturous and the only way she is able to actually produce something is by writing real shitty first drafts. In her drafts, she tries being descriptive and elaborative with her ideas and thoughts. They often end up being long, stupefying and, muddled up, but seem to have an overall good effect on her product. I really liked her quote on first drafts, "You need to start somewhere" and I completely agree with that; you need to take in a leap anyways. Unless we are willing to make the first effort and actually believe in what we're writing, it gets difficult to produce something vibrant, eloquent and, explanatory to the readers. In my case, writing first
