As we advance through the levels of our education, we begin to learn more and more things. For example, when we begin to learn mathematics, we learn how to add or subtract numbers, before learning how to complete an algebraic formula. In English we learn the basics such as verbs, nouns and predicates before learning how to write an essay. For example, we shouldn't rush our thoughts onto paper, but instead we should take time and find what we really want to write about. When we are asked to write an article, we can't just type it up in one day and think it's shootable the next day, we have to go back to that draft and improve it. Every article we start writing is usually our “Shitty First Draft” or “Zero Draft”. As Murray puts it, “Most writers share the sense that the first draft, and all subsequent drafts, are opportunities to discover what they have to say and how best they can say it.” (57) It's quite interesting what someone's response is when asked, "What makes a good writer" and most of the time they will reply with the basic answer, "Well, they have to know how to do it"....
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