While my intentions when writing my first draft were very different in that I wasn’t intentionally trying to intentionally make mine shitty, the end results were pretty similar. I found that the description Anne gave of a very disorganized and randomly assorted paper fit mine very well. I had very long paragraphs that went on and on. I also hit the word limit way before I finished talking about all my points, so my first draft was very half-baked. I feel like she’s very correct about how inevitable it is for your first draft to suck.
For my revision process, I plan to edit my intro because it seems to contain a lot of points that I wasn’t able to address in my paper within the word count. If I shift the focus of my paper so it more accurately covers my various points, it will seem much more clear. I also need to break up my body paragraphs because I rambled on with many different points that don’t necessarily correlate. If I do this, my essay will have more organization and will overall flow better. I also need to develop a stronger conclusion, because I had spent too much time on the other parts of my essay.
Strategies you can use to make your paper stronger is to just try and shorten your paragraphs a little more because it tends to feel like the writing is just lagging on. Just separate your paragraphs into main ideas.