Cassie Lagner- Writing Process for P1

The writing process for project 1 was very similar to my writing process I explained in the last blog post. When we were first introduced to the project I started right away to think about ideas on what to map my map about. Whether I should do soccer, being a fairfield student, best buddies, or being apart of “Sisters inspire Sisters” floor in my dorm. I finally, after lots of thought, decided to do Best Buddies. I came to this choice because I thought this what have more things to write about being I am pretty involved. As I sat down and started thinking and doing my research I felt myself lost on what to write. I am the type of writer that cannot sit and free write, I need structure. I felt having freedom to figure out elements of my rhetorical ecology was quite challenging because I did not know where to start. Although I did come up with some, I am not sure if they are exactly what the prompt is looking for. This took about 2 hours to complete just because I would type a draft then change things around. While doing project 1 I was in my dorm room at my desk, where I best focus. This is a little different than my ideal writing process because ideally I would prefer to be in a quiet zone with no easy distractions. This writing process specifically for project 1 made me feel a little stress because of the fact I did not feel I had a strong structure to follow. My writing process connected with Lamott’s “Shitty First Drafts” because my first draft was shitty. I agree with this writer in that no person can produce the perfect first copy. I feel I have the best writing process for me and whether it takes 5 shitty first drafts or 25 I feel I will eventually get there.