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Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life |  | Author: Anne Lamott
Publisher: Anchor
Category: Book
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Rating:  365 reviews
Sales Rank: 631
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 239
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0385480016
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.02
EAN: 9780385480017
ASIN: 0385480016
Publication Date: September 1, 1995
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Some Instructions on Writing and Life
Amazon.com Review
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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 great creative writing tool! July 6, 2010
jysbooks
Got this book as a required text for a writing intensive English class. The book is full of helpful tricks and tools to aid in creative writing. If story, memoir, or any fiction writing gives you trouble, or you are just seeking advice or supplemental perspective, this would most likely be a helpful and entertaining read. Very quick and easy read!
A must for writers who need inspiration! July 6, 2010
Cindy Vine (Moshi, Tanzania)
This was a great book and Anne's insights on writing and the life of a writer were very entertaining. She made some really good points, gave some good tips and all done with a zany sense of humour!
 Just do it June 21, 2010
CaffeineEpiphanies.wordpress (New York)
It's just a fact. She gives wonderful tips on writing.
Bird by Bird reads like a novel, but is full of helpful advice on plot, characters, and just doing it....writing.
Just getting started is half the battle....for me.
Midway through the book, I put her advice into practice and wrote a nice little short story; a good feeling when it comes out of nowhere.
One tip (if you're having writer's block) that helped was to just write about an object (your coffee cup, your bicycle, whatever) and see where it leads...
It got me going, writing, and l was a really entertained by her style along the way.
Wonderful and engaging May 31, 2010
Linda C. Wright (Viera, FL)
At one time a few years ago when I was feeling especially down in the dumps about my writing career, my dear friend April suggested this book. April does not happen to be a writer so I couldn't even begin to guess how this book appeared on her own personal radar screen. I bought it and it sat on the shelf waiting for the perfect time to enter my life.
Anne Lamott is funny, witty and boy, can she put the writing life into perspective! And in a way I can understand. She relates the trials and tribulations of being a writer to ordinary life. She talks about her son and how to dig deep into your soul to capture the innocence of a child. She wrote about the death of her father and how some people thought there was too much joy and laughter in her writing about that time in her life. She wrote about her students and how young writers all believe publishing will lead them to a life of fame and fortune.
Anne Lamott hit the nail on the head for me over and over and over again. I know I'm not alone in my struggle to publish. In her own silly and sarcastic voice she lays out a wonderful plan for a writing life. I feel more energetic and on track than I have in ages, because Anne made me laugh and cry and feel life deep down in my soul. Bird By Bird is a fun and entertaining read.
I rate this book 5 out of 5 and it's staying on the shelf. While reading it I often felt the need to highlight some of it. Highlighting seriously goes against the grain of my rules on how to treat a book. Just like bending page corners. But Bird By Bird is going to be a wonderful reference book for me so I just might break down and put removable tabs on the important pages.
Linda C. Wright
Author
One Clown Short
Enjoyable and honest April 25, 2010
Med student (Atlanta, GA)
Anne Lamott has written a delightful guide to some of the more intangible aspects of writing and what to expect, should one wish to embark on the path of a writer. As has been said many times before, this is not a "how to" treatise. What I do like about the book is that it speaks from the author's perspective. She reveals her life to the reader in, at times, a neurotic and overwhelming manner, but she is always honest. After you read the book, you feel like you know Lamott and have gone on some of her more exciting escapades as a writer.
I would certainly recommend this book for anyone who wishes to write and anyone who loves to read. The author is as honest and open as she can be for a book on writing. Ultimately, it this inside peek into her head that invites the reader to view Ms. Lamott's life as a writer and gain some semblance of a complex and interesting individual.
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