Drafting Research
Honestly, I suck at drafting. It always feels like I have to be perfect on the first try, but I know that is not the case. I know that somewhere deep down, it’s supposed to be more of getting the words out there and then fixing them later. However, my brain hates not feeling good enough on the first try. It is one of those things where I love using bullet points because the more I can expand on them in a paragraph, the easier it feels.
I have a rough introduction and a few points written down. Is it perfect? No. It kills me a little, but to have a good edit, I actually need to have words on a page. I can not just sit there staring at this blank page. It is a really big struggle to get over the hump of writing the first couple of words, but it was really helpful to just sit with some music and tell myself that it’s okay for it to suck. I like editing, and being a grammar Nazi in high school is why I am an English major today. I need to get the finished project. I don’t really know what I am going to draft next. It will be wherever the flow takes me today. It might be more about Lyra, or more about Mrs. C. I will figure it out when I get there.
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