Shattered Glass

1. The people in this video used editing, fact checking, and recorded data when writing their articles.

2. The characters collected data by observing, taking notes, interviewing, and taking pictures.

3. There were a lot of ethical issues involved in this movie. The main character was making up everything he was writing about. None of his information was credible and the magazine kept publishing it. He used people he knew to pose as other people, he invented sources on his own, and made up quotes.

Shitty First Drafts

Had this article been called anything different, I would not have read it. Anne Lamott describes in her essay that how people just write down whatever they are thinking and feeling, and then they go back and "tweek" the paper to make it more polished. I love the idea of the shitty first draft. I always write one, it's the worst part of writing. When I am writing a first draft I always have to sit down and do it all at once. If I don't, I will loose concentration and never be able to finish. I have to allow a lot of time time to write the draft, because as I said before, I loose my concentration very easily and need to stop and get on Facebook or watch some TV to get back into things. I plan to re-read my draft, outloud, and then take the comments that have been given to me and improve the draft. I will probably re-read the literature I have aquired and add anything I can to prove my point. I like to put the entire project together and re-read it again, and it I see anything wrong I can fix it then.