Books Details
Author : Anne Lamott Pages : 237 pages Publisher : Anchor Language :
ISBN-10 : 0385480016 ISBN-13 : 9780385480017
Books Descriptions
"Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time,
was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to
write. [It] was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in
Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by
binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the
hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his
arm around my brother's shoulder, and said. 'Bird by bird, buddy. Just
take it bird by bird.'"With this basic instruction always in mind, Anne
Lamott returns to offer us a new gift: a step-by-step guide on how to
write and on how to manage the writer's life. From "Getting Started,'
with "Short Assignments," through "Shitty First Drafts," "Character,"
"Plot," "Dialogue." all the way from "False Starts" to "How Do You Know
When You're Done?" Lamott encourages, instructs, and inspires. She
discusses "Writers Block," "Writing Groups," and "Publication." Bracingly
