Intro:

P: According to author Anne Lamott, all good writing comes from shitty drafts, and good writing
requires you to have drafts.
I: Mike Rose expresses how in his experiment he was able to detect how students were taught
how to write, and how it affected their abilities to express/share their ideas in a paper.
I: Allowing other to revise your drafts, allows you to challenge your own writing and grow as a
writer. Revisions, lead to greater drafts, and greater drafts allows you to improve your writing
skills.
Thesis: When it comes to writing, the most useful component to use is writing drafts rather than
following rigid guidelines, it allows you to produce a clear writing piece, add more to speak
about in your paper, and ultimately enhance your skills as a writer in general.

P: During the process of writing, creating more than one draft helps you construct and ideal
paper youd want to turn in.
I: Lamott in Article titled, Shitty First Drafts states, Almost all good writing begins with terrible
first efforts. Start by getting something--anything---down on paper. A friend of mine says that the
first draft is the downdraft--you just get it down. The second draft is the up draft--you fix it up.
You try to say what you have to say more accurately. And the third draft is the dental draft,
where you check every tooth, to see if its loose or cramped or decayed. (Pg 572) Commented [1]: make sure to use in text citations
E: Doing several drafts on one paper helps you clarify and change things so that your essay
comes out the way you want, and youre able to prove your point in a way that the audience is
indulged with your writing.

P: Writing within strict guidelines limits your ideas while you are trying to get your point across.
I: In article titled, Rigid Rules, Inflexible Plans, and the Stifling of Language: A cognitive
Analysis of Writers Block, the author mentions, You must always make three or more points in
an essay. If the essay has less, then its not strong. Laurel has been taught this rule both in high
school and in her first college class; no wonder, then, that she accepted its validity. (538)
E: Most students are taught the same writing structure in high school, Intro, 3 body paragraphs
which contains 3 main points, and a conclusion. What teachers are not aware is that it limits the
student's to additionally talk about more points. Eventually it affects students in a way where
theyre not able to broaden their writing once they get to college. While on the other hand,
writing multiple drafts actually encourages you to add more to your writing.

P: Drafts don't usually consist of revised comments on your own paper, instead one common
beneficial thing to do it to ask for peers to review your writing. Revising what you have so far so
that theyre able to help add or delete ideas that will make their essay better.
I: In his article, Richard Straub mentions, He offers praise, encouragement, and direction.
Whats more, he pushes the writer to do more than he has already done, to extend the
boundaries of his examination.
E: Straubs article demonstrates how one student revised and commented on his peers draft,
and added comments that would ultimately lead and motivate him to write another draft that was
better than the last.
E: Meaning constructing multiple drafts and allowing others to revise them challenges your own
thoughts about what youre writing. It helps you seek other ideas, and all together makes you
into a better writer.

Conclusion: Though there are ways to help you write your essays, the usage of writing multiple
drafts is one that is highly recommendable. It offers a variety of benefits like being able to
expand your writing in a way that it all connects to each other to make it clear for your audience.
It also, endures your writing within the revision that you and the additional comments and
suggestions your peers offer. It constructs your paper into one youd want to turn in for a grade.
While on the other hand, writing along restricted guidelines only limits you to write what you truly
think, and often leads you to make whole paper weak. Commented [2]: I like how your concluding sentence
refers back to your thesis

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