Up drafts and down drafts

One of the "unfunnest" parts of writing for most of us is rewriting. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could sit down in front of our word processors and produce one masterpiece after another without any touch-ups?
"Touch-up" is an applicable term. Have you ever painted the walls of a room and then stepped back, looked at your work, and applied a roller or a brush stroke here or there to smooth it out? We should do the same thing with our writing, lest a reader chide us by saying, "you missed a spot."
Ann Lamott is the author of "Bird by Bird," one of the best books I have come across on the craft of writing. In it, she says almost all good writing starts with terrible first efforts. Wow. That sounds discouraging.
But not to worry, says Ann. You have to start somewhere. She says the first draft is the "down draft" - you have to get it down. The second draft is the "up draft" - you have to fix it up.
Don't fret. Consider it part of the process.