The Draft

Personal Narrative Rough Draft. Chapter 1 My hands were numb with my feet dipping into the freezing water. It watched under me. It waited for me to slip, waited for me to give up and slide into its grasp. My arms ached and I tried to hold on. The snow stung on my face. My hands were freezing and my lips were blue and cracked along with the weak voice I tried to use to shout for help. I shivered and almost lost grip to the sapling I held to. I couldn’t lose grip, it would lead to demise. I had to…

this. He was talking about how men should fight for their country. We all know about the draft that was instated during the Vietnam War. During the Vietnam War about one-third of the people were drafted to participate. At the beginning of the war, all the names of American men within the age limit, which is between 18 and 25 years of age, were collected and when someone’s name was called, he had to report to a draft board to be evaluated. Most of the men drafted were from poor and working-class…

Why America Is Better Off Draft less (A Discussion on Reinstating the Draft in The United States) Thomas Jefferson once vocalized, “Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.” Indeed, it is important that America has willing men and women willing to contend against opposing forces for the freedom and independence of these great states, but there is no need to reinstate the draft. Men and women who…

polish it up. It is simply called a first draft but as AnneLamott would call it a “Shitty First Draft”. Professional writers use the process of drafts to reach to their final piece of writing. First drafts are just ways writers explore their thoughts and a build a story. I strongly believe that first drafts should be implemented into the writing composition of all high school nation-wide because they can improve their writing by using that process. A first draft is not something that can be…

“Shitty First Drafts” we read this week, it remained me something about writing. This is a essay written by Anne Lamott, who is the author of six novels, the food reviewer for the magazine, a book reviewer for Mademoiselle, and a regular contributor to Salon.’s .“Mothers Who Think..” She’s busy because of several occupation at the same time, but there's still a question that what made her writing attracted? In this essay we read, there may be the answer. In the “Shitty First Drafts”, Anne…

but required. In the beginning, with very little exceptions, most of the texts are written in the rough draft form. Consequently, the passage “Shitty First Drafts” written by Anne Lamott provides reasoning why the rough drafts are so important and proposes different solutions to perform the efficient job. Firstly, author points out that even high-quality writer starts with the not perfect draft, and the effort to make a deep, grammatically correct, interesting text on a second or third attempt.…

Rough Draft Nathaniel Hawthorne is an American author from the early 1800s. Hawthorne wrote many children’s story’s and romance novels. As Hawthorne started publishing his short story’s he began to add an additional “w” to his name, his name went from “Hathorne" to “Hawthorne.” “Hawthorne had two characteristics of life, those who follow their head and intellect, and those who follow their heart” (Diorio 11). This was the basis of Hawthorne’s way of life. Nathaniel Hawthorne's writing has…

Draft a good team The first step in taking home your league's championship is to draft a team that is solid overall. Hope for the best in the order to try to get a top 5 pick. I recommend picking a running back for your first pick, and if the best are taken then try to get a superstar wide receiver like Antonio Brown or Julio Jones. Then try to draft other wide receivers who get the most targets and touchdowns on their team. The top running backs to draft next year in my opinion are Adrian…

Lamott introduces Shitty First Drafts by explaining her primary argument that terrible first drafts are an essential element to writing. Lamott uses a couple of strategies to reinforce her claim, including enshrouding one of the counter arguments with negative connotation. By stating “all right, one of them does, but we do not like her very much.” (528, Writing About Writing, Shitty First Drafts) about a writer who doesn't follow her method, Lamott is encouraging the reader to not be that person…

reason why. Unlike the NCAA the NBA pays all of their players, a minimum contract of $250,000. This is why, most big name college players are considered “one and done” because they only play collegiate basketball for one year and then enter the NBA draft. Most players do this because they do not want to stay all four years in college and they want to start their NBA career as soon as possible. The NBA is a business, they have certain profits and salary caps…