To be completely honest I stopped reading after the paragraph of the writer who sits down every morning and tells himself nicely “It’s not like you don’t have a choice, you do. You can either type, or kill yourself.” Because that was an incredibly idiotic thing to say. BUT, I still have a good understanding of what Anne Lamott means when she says it’s the child’s draft. To me she is saying that you can let your mind run free, don’t over think anything and let your fingers do the work. Instead of limiting yourself to what you THINK you should say, get everything out that you want to say or whatever your mind is telling you in your current situation. Just like I did about the UN-needed suicide jab (Should maybe look into finding better wording on that one so people who are struggling with depression or have been through it don’t get offended). Anyways, I also look at it as a template. It’s not amazing by any means, and there’s a lot more work to be done. It’s a foundation, something waiting to be critiqued and probably compressed into more logical formation.  I’ve heard the saying it’s better to have too much then too little countless times in many different situations, and that is the truth in this instance as well for first drafts. I find that if you speak from the heart, whether that be true stories or just your beliefs, that’s when it really “pours out”.  For example whenever I write a song that has meaning or comes from something in my past that was life changing, it often turns out incredible and also easier done then something I have to make up. All in all this is just a few of the reasons what I think Anne Lamott meant in saying that the first draft is the Child’s Draft.