10-1 classwork

Q: Why is it so hard for any people(maybe you) to knowingly put bad writing on paper?

A: Many people including myself have a hard time putting bad words on paper because they feel like it is a waste of time.  I know I do. The question I ask myself when writing a rough draft, if I even write one, is why waste my time doing something I know I am going to change in the future? 

Q: What are your own "coping strategies" for getting started on a piece of writing? Do you have particular strategies for making yourself sit down and start writing?

A: Sitting down and starting to write is the hardest part for me. Once I start writing I can usually sit for about 20-30 minutes until I need a break. I have to put my phone away in order to get writing done. Whenever I start a paper, I just put all the thoughts I have in my head on my computer screen. I don't try to put the paper in any organizational form at all... I just write. 

Q: Lamott talks, toward the end of the piece, about all the critical voices that play in her mind when she's trying to write. Most, maybe all, writers have something similar. What are yours?

A: I don't think I have quiet voices that talk to me whenever I am trying to write. She talks about sitting there and closing your eyes and letting the quiet little voice talk to you. She says once you have heard it, bottle it up. I don't think I have an imagination like that.