First Draft - Grencik

Lupe Fiasco

I really liked Lupe Fiasco's point that everyone is different. There is no one proper way to write something. It also depends on what you're writing. For some songs he has to sit down and physically think things out with music, and others he needs to stand up. I also liked how he'd write a little, go back and look at it, record it, and then make revisions where necessary. I would not be to do this because when I write something, I like to get all of my ideas out on the paper, and then go back and revise (but this could work for a creative piece such as a fictional story, etc.).

Tim Burton

As general and vague as he is in his descriptions of how he came to these ideas, in a way I really enjoy it. I can't explain sometimes what I write or why, it just flows and comes in the most random times - especially times where I decide to procrastinate and do nothing. On the other hand, ideas don't always strike me in time and I need to take a different approach at writing (such as Lupe's approach) because unlike Tim Burton, I don't make my own deadlines.

Ben Katchor

Ben Katchor's approach is the one that I like the best. His approach of laying out all of the text and drawing the big pictures after are what I like to do and should utilize more. Once he has everything out there, only then can he tell what will work and what won't work. That's the whole point of drafting - to get your ideas out there and then take out the ones that are unnecessary or need to be emphasized more. For my papers I can just write out everything that's on my mind (i.e., draw the big picture), and then take those ideas and form them around the ideas that are most necessary, just as Ben Katchor does.