Response to Shitty First Drafts

I thoroughly enjoyed reading Anne Lamotts article, Shitty First Drafts. It was very funny but at the same time held much truth to the message it was telling. I have never been one to sit down and know exactly what I was going to write or even many times what I was going to write about. Knowing that a profound author, as well as many others, have the same feelings about writing is very reassuring to me. I love the idea of just sitting down with out any care of what you are going to write and just start writing what comes to mind, writing a "Shitty First Draft".

Here are my answers to the three questions at the end of the article.
1) I believe when Lamott writes "the fantasy of the uninitiated" she is referring to those who are not writers or have never been to serious about their writings. Those who have never been serious about their writings have a preconceived idea about that all writers just sit down at their computer and begin typing away at a perfect piece, when in reality that is no where near the truth.
2) Lamott refers to her trust for her writing process as "more or less". I think she refers to it this way because just like she stated in her article, many times when she sits down to write she feels hopeless and can not seem to get anything out on paper until after procrastinating awhile and the finally beginning her "shitty first draft". I do think her wariness is personal because everyone feels different when they start their writings, some better than others. However, I to feel the same wariness Lamott feel when I first try and start anything I have been assigned to write about.
3) I think they first draft is more about the product of the writing! The first draft is just as important as any other step because it lets you let out exactly how you are feeling with no expectations of actually recovering any "good" material from it. Lamott says herself that she will write her "shitty first draft", wait a day and then go back to it with some colored pens and see if she can find anything worth putting in her second draft. Therefore getting the best material for the final product.