Assignment 8: What is that? It's gross! ...That my friend, is a paper being written.

This is gold. The article you’re reading right now is gold. Surprised? Well that makes two of us. It’s not gold…it’s not even silver. Heck, I’d be thrilled for bronze. But this article, is a bag of dog crap that’s about to be set on fire. Why is it a flaming bag of crap? Because it’s my first typed response for this reading. It’s not going to a renowned paper that will touch the lives of millions and brought the world together to settle their differences ultimately making world peace. At least, not yet it isn’t. That’s the point that Anne Lamott is trying to make. You need to get the ball rolling somehow. Even if that means starting with a small disgusting ball of mud and slime, the payoff will be well worth the trouble. This reading really helps show that you don’t need to be Bill Shakespeare on your first try at a paper. I really enjoyed this message she put forward where it humanized published authors who seem to be immortalized in the eyes of “everyday people”. They’re people too. They need just as much time to write an article or book as the next person. You have to let loose and just throw ideas on the page. Who cares what it is? You could have a sentence like; “The orange elephant went strolling down the street when he came across a very strange tree. He stared at it puzzling how the leaves had become so blue and transparent.” See? I just made that up. Just now. Would I write a story about that? I could try. But the important thing is I’m getting words on the page. I’m letting my creative juices flow. That’s what we all need to do before buckling down for a paper. Just write. And you can do just that on Wikipedia. Thanks to the “edit” button, you can go live with a crap article and have it get fixed in a matter of hours. Or you can take it to the drawing board and see how people react to it. This is helpful because it gives you such a big jump from step one to step two. You get to stick you head up above the crap and smell the roses that are waiting for you just up over the hill that is your paper. So go nuts. Have fun with the writing process. It’s here to help sift through this junk with you. And don’t forget to wear gloves.