Post 5: "Shitty First Drafts" (and Begin working on Wikipedia Edit)

Read Anne Lamott's short essay "Shitty First Drafts" (WAW 301 and also available here). Then answer the following prompt: What is Lamott's central argument? What is she trying to tell us about writing and/or the writing process? Now think about Wikipedia and what you've learned about the writing that happens there? How does this support (or not) Lamott's argument?

250 words to your blog before class Monday. 


You'll also want to start gathering sources and drafting for your Wikipedia edit. For sources, refer to the handout I gave you in class on Friday but remember some basic guidelines:

• Sources need to be verifiable (they can be checked)
• Sources need to be credible (they come from reputable outlets with a reputation for accuracy)
• In other words, personal blogs and websites may not cut it. 
• Academic sources (books and articles) work here as well as textbooks and some websites (.edu, .gov, .org) 

Don't put this off-You'll need to have written your final draft by Thursday. Do the drafting in your sandbox and we'll move material over to the "mainspace" in class Thursday.