Essay Writing

Getting students to begin writing an essay draft can be the most difficult part of the process. I beg them, “Just put something down!”. Author Anne Lamott gives a great description of the writer’s block in her short essay Shitty First Drafts. I may not use that exact language with the students, but I do read them quite a bit of the article – hoping they see that what they start out with is most likely not what they’ll end up with. But they won’t know that unless they start somewhere.