All writers write "Shitty First Drafts"

In this piece, author Anne Lamott takes us into the mind of a writer. She begins with a piece of advice, when writing, dive right in and start from the beginning, always telling the truth. "Shitty First Drafts" are the result of this, as even the best writers can not immediately sit down and produce a piece of writing that they are amazed by and conifdent with. This may lead one to wonder why she would offer others this advice when the outcome is always poor. However, she goes on to tell how after editting and editting good will come out of these drafts. I found it interesting how Lamott connected children trying to write down a story to authors trying to write best selling books. It is interesting how everyone faces the same struggles and starts out on the same page when trying to get their ideas out, literally.  

It should be easy to put your ideas in words right? This would probably make the most sense, however it is in fact the opposite. For some reason the things going on in your head are nothing but jumbled up thoughts buzzing and whirling by at one hundred miles per hour making it incredibly hard to not only catch them, but catch them, translate them into English, and then get them out on paper. Personally, I like to scribble down my main idea for my writing piece. This way at least I know where I'm trying to go and just need to figure out how I'm going to get there and which route to take once I'm there. Additionally, I like to write down those random phrases or minor details I want to include. These tend to be the few quirky ideas I manage to catch and spit out as then rush through my head. Although minor, these things serve as a great guide to get me to where I'm trying to go.
Writing is a major brain freeze. Worse than all of those you've experienced while drinking a milkshake to fast or slurping down that large slushie within sixty seconds. The task it nothing more than staring at a blank screen, waiting for your brain to finally pull through for you. That first sentence is the rising sun. Will it be a sunny day or a day with nothing but clouds? No matter what the sun always rises, it is what happens after that in which we are not sure of.