After reading Anne Lamott’s “Shitty First Drafts,” I realized that I really didn’t do what she said to do. Instead of throwing down the ideas that come to my mind first, I would try to make it as clean as possible the first time around. I’ve always tried to do that because I personally do not like having a very random and crazy first draft. With her essay, I was surprised by her tooth analogy. I never would have made that connection if I didn’t hear about it and I thought that it was very interesting. I was a little offended when she referenced suicide a few times because I think that that is a very touchy subject and shouldn’t be used as a joke. Joking about that stuff makes me upset because it can hurt people’s feelings and can trigger certain things for people.

My revision plan strategy is to set a goal for myself. My goal is to allow myself to really listen to what others are editing my essay on and incorporate their thoughts. They could have a different viewpoint than I do that can strengthen my essay. I plan on thoroughly reading their comments and deeply thinking about how to incorporate the comments with my essay. One of the biggest challenges that I see with this goal is trying to incorporate something that I don’t necessarily agree with. Even if I do not agree with it, I can find a way to incorporate their ideas with my idea to strengthen it and give my essay another aspect to think about. If this challenge is hard for me to overcome, I will use my Little Seagull book, my professor and even online sources to help me.