Anne Lamott's Polaroids
On a daily basis, many people struggle with writing articles, essays, or even school papers. Many times, people expect the words to just appear on the paper, or magically typed up on a computer screen. One essays, named “Polaroids” by Anne Lamott, gives readers an interesting perspective on the experience of writing an article. In Lamott’s essay, she makes a wonderful point about how writing is extremely similar to a developing polaroid. I find this essay to be tremendously relatable when thinking about college essays. For example, most professors will give students a topic, and they will have to figure out what side of the argument to write about, or even what information to give about that topic. During this process, students have to do