Prepare yourselves for some stream of consciousness writing.
Okay. So. When I was originally writing the paper, I was at a loss. I wrote all
of my ideas down in class. I did a bit of free writing. I even managed about 4
pages of a rough draft. However, after reading it I realized that my paper was
complete and utter trash. This was a blessing in disguise because after taking
some time to reflect and tap some of the resources available to me – e.g. the
examples, peer feedback, some introspection – I was able to write a whole new
draft. In a way, writing the original draft allowed me to purge myself of all
the garbage writing that was clogging my creative arteries. I believe that my
process needs tweaking in a lot of areas: I need to learn to get all
distractions like cleaning and cooking out of the way first; I need to sit down
and write for a dedicated number of minutes at the minimum; and I need to not
dwell on the fact that writing absolute garbage is Okay as long as I revise it
later on. Revision is the key to success, but I did not revise any of this
post.
Okay so not only did I read your first "trash" one but I read your final one and 100% yes revision is great and that's exactly why I went and revised mine too. My professor from CSULB for technical writing told me that the greatest revision is completely trashing the original. I don't really know how I felt about it. I still don't really know how I feel about it. I ended up revising mine after I read yours anyway and I liked it way more but instead of attempting to start over I just waited a couple of days and read it and realized what I hated about it then moved from there. I like how it came out but I think had i revised more than once I would be even more pleased -- obviously. My issue is that i hate revision :)
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