Category Archives: first drafts

Opportunities and Success: Why We Should Learn to Fail

By Zainab Faessal The writing process is never smooth or natural; often bad first drafts and mistakes are important steps in becoming a great writer. Revising and editing work is something all writers do and learning how to do so … Continue reading

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Failure IS an Option

There are quite a few attention grabbing and eye opening sentences and quotes “Failure Can Be an Important Part of Writing” like the quote from Anne Lamott about how “Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts” and this … Continue reading

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“Failure can be an Important Part of Writing Development”

“We often forget, however, that successful writer men those whoa re simply able to write brilliant first drafts; often, the writing we encounter has been  heavily revised and edited and is sometimes the result of a great deal of failure” … Continue reading

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