Bird by Bird Reading 3

The readings from bird by bird for today were interesting. I liked how she wrote on short writings being a first draft, and of course sometimes they are bad. I think it's great that she talks about how even well accomplished writers mess up and write something not so great sometimes. I also thought the quote that she used from E.L. Doctorow was excellent: "writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights; but you can make it the whole trip that way." I think that many writers would benifit from that quote. If you think about it that quote describes most people's writings perfectly, even if they know the end, they don't really know the middle. I'm excited to read the next reading now.