Everyone starts writing from nothing. Even this write up. Words do not magically appear out of no where, someone had to articulate thoughts and transfer those thoughts onto paper or some sort of word processor. This is the beginning of the so-called, "Shitty First Draft" coined by Anne Lamot. In the article, Lamot talks about how all writers, even famous ones, begin with nothing and build a first draft that isn't special but nothing more than a pile of ideas and a roadway to the second draft. Lamot cannot stress enough of how important the "shitty first draft" is, and she constantly tries to inform the reader that the reader should not worry about criticism of his or her writing because no one will see it unless the reader lets someone read it. In the article Lamot uses herself as an example because she does food reviews and states that she almost dreads the writing right before she actually starts.
For myself, starting is always a difficult task since focusing is hard almost anywhere I'm at except night. At night is when I work best and I can just type. I do think the first draft is extremely important though, because it paves the way for the second, third, fourth, and however much drafts you do until you reach the one and only final draft.
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