Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life | Anne Lamott

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life | Anne Lamott | Not just another how-to textbook; a must for the writer wanna-be

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	Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Anne Lamott Anchor, 1995 - 239 pages average customer review:based on 303 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Pep in your step!

This is a put a pep-in-your-step writing book. It's really a book with instructions on having a WRITING life. I'm still in the thick of it but I've never laughed so hard or felt so motivated by a book to write.

Not just another how-to textbook; a must for the writer wanna-be

A cursory look at the index might have one thinking this is just another step-by-step guide to a successful, publishable writing career...with chapters neatly organized by "character, plot, dialogue..." Ever so subtley, with unexpected laughs around every turn, the first chapter pulled me in as if I was a kid listening to a good friend tell me a crazy story propped on an easy lawnchair in my own backyard.
I adore Lamott's down and dirty frankness about the odds of publishing, and hysterically saw myself (a hopeful wanna-be writer) as one of her eager if not naive students. What an incredibly refreshing way she has of 'teaching' "us" through the most satiric, sometimes moronic, always satisfying stories and examples.
I read much of the book on an airplane and caught myself laughing out loud at times. During the poignant and carefully observed and recorded nursing home scene, I had to hide my watery eyes, only to go back and re-read the author's uniquely touching phraseology over and over again.
I think Lamott is a genius author, a wise and witty spirit, a superb mentor who knows how to grab her reader and then, sereptitiously teach her invaluable lessons on writing and life that will stick because of the intelligent and humorous context in which she reveals them.
The read is fast, but the lessons therein will last a lifetime and interestingly, the book has given me the boost and confidence I needed to write, write, write.

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fantastic

Besides being a thorough exploration of writing, it's a memoir with insight into both writing and life.

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