John Wayne writing assignment

After reading John Wayne: A love Song, I was able to tell  that Didion learned many things from Wayne and his films. I guess in a way, Didion idolized John Wayne, to the point where in a sense she began to believe that  men were meant to be strong and valiant. From John Wayne, Didion learns that a man is in a sense supposed to be a protective figure, and that they don't back down either. On the other hand, women are viewed as the care takers, the peace bringers and in some situations they are even considered to be weak.


A musical group that had an important impact on my life was, without a doubt the hip hop duo Outkast. Through their lyrics, and their unique sounds when it came down to music production, they heavily influenced some of my main interests which are music production, music performance, and art.

Anne Lamott's "Shitty First Drafts" Blog Posts

In Anne Lamott's"Shitty First Drafts" the reader encounters the narrator giving  a short but concise explanation of how all writers go through the same process of writing and editing, and write in a sort of an escalated manner. They begin by a first draft which is simply all the thoughts that want to be put into play and ends in the final product, which is the refined edited version of the original first draft. In my situation, I like to write down my initial thoughts at the moment in which I begin to write my first draft, however I make sure to include all ideas that come to me after I have completed my first draft, and I incorporate these ideas, into the following drafts and into the final product.


My personal writing process, involves a lot of time to think. Personally when I am handed a topic to write about I usually take a good while to think of what exactly am I going to write about. After I have accomplished this first step, then I continue to begin my first draft. In that first draft, I usually let out whatever ideas I had in mind, but I also let out any other ideas that I come up with at the moment. Once my first draft has been completed, I usually look over my writing and I edit anything that seems to be out of place. Then if necessary I'll go ahead and begin a new second draft with all of the edited work from the first draft.


My writing is a Greyhound Bus. It begins at the beginning of a route with a certain group of people, and as the bus continues on its journey throughout the route it picks up and drops off people along the way. By the time the bus reaches its final destination, there is only a select group of people. By this, I mean that there is an original set of ideas at the beginning of my first draft, but along the way, ideas get eliminated and new better ideas are put into play.