From what Lamott says, the first draft is about the process not the product. Every author has their own writing process in which they get their ideas on the paper, and then revise them in order to achieve a strong final draft. Within this article, she writes “… the first draft is the down draft — you just get it down. The second draft is the up draft — you fix it up”(Lamott 8). Here, she introduces her writing process, and the steps she takes in order to achieve her final drafts. She goes through the idea that within her first draft she writes what comes to mind, no matter how poor the writing is. From there, she then writes a second draft in which she crosses out unwanted details, and only focuses her energy on the important aspects of the writing. I agree with Lamott in regards to writing a poor first draft to get her ideas on the paper. From my first essay, my first draft was a mess of different ideas, lack of organization and not a clear thought process, but with working with it and revising it, I created a stronger more clear and concise piece of writing that my audience has an understanding of. My first drafts never include my best ideas either, sometimes I have to write multiple paragraphs in order to come to the conclusion of what I want to focus my essay on, and then in my second draft use that idea to really enhance my essay and involve the details I thought of while writing my first draft.