Books : Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
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by: Anne Lamott
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.02
EAN: 9780385480017
ISBN: 0385480016
Label: Anchor
Manufacturer: Anchor
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 239
Publication Date: September 01, 1995
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date: September 01, 1995
Sales Rank: 587
Studio: Anchor
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Product Description:
Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Amazon.com:
Think you've got a book inside of you? Anne Lamott isn't afraid to help you let it out. She'll help you find your passion and your voice, beginning from the first really crummy draft to the peculiar letdown of publication. Readers will be reminded of the energizing books of writer Natalie Goldberg and will be seduced by Lamott's witty take on the reality of a writer's life, which has little to do with literary parties and a lot to do with jealousy, writer's block and going for broke with each paragraph. Marvelously wise and best of all, great reading.
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Rating:  - 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 ... Read More
Rating: - 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.
Rating:  - helps the author, not the reader
The best advice is in the title, which is, in other words, "step by step." I can't remember if it is this book, or "Plan B," in which the author recounts taking rolls of dimes from an older black woman in the church she attended, even after she didn't need them any more, with the rationalization that it somehow helped the older black woman to give Lamott her meager savings. She can't even disguise her opportunist ways in her writing. This book is actually pretty bleak, to me. Just because Lamott ... Read More
Rating: - The greatest book on writing and creativity
As I tell my friends: this is likely the most under-rated book of all time. From organizing your thoughts, to finding your creativity, to getting it all onto a piece of paper, this book serves as a guide for every person that wants to improve their ability to communicate. Anne Lamott is a talented writer, but an even more talented teacher. Get this book if you'd like to improve every facet of your writing.
Rating: - You Need Broccoli
Titles are important. I probably wouldn't have read a book entitled Some Instructions on Writing and Life, but I was captivated by one titled Bird by Bird. What could such a book tell me about life and writing? Whatever it was, the title itself held the promise of something fun, a little offbeat, and yes, instructive too. I wasn't wrong. This, to me, is one of the best books I've ever read about writing. Although I'm not a fiction writer, Lamott's wit and wisdom applies to me and to anyone else who's ... Read More
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