A great companion for the lonely, desperate but aspiring writer

books:


	• Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Anne Lamott Anchor, 1995 - 239 pages average customer review:based on 297 reviews view larger image
	for more information click here

highly recommended

Inspiring book that makes you want to write

Reading Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird makes me laugh, think, look at the world differently, and inspires me to want to sit down and write. She talks about writing as a way of expressing the truth, or at least, the truth as we see it. And gives me the courage to look at my own strengths, weaknesses, struggles and to try to transform it beyond the maudlin, to see it as applied to the Bigger Picture, whatever that is for each of us. She is also unafraid to talk about God, and has a sense of humour about life's hard-knocks.

The good thing is also that she doesn't try to say that writing is easy in any way. It is a discipline, and there will be good times and bad times, like everything else in life. But she gives some helpful tips on how to get out of the rut, and ultimately, how not to take ourselves too seriously.

Even if you are not someone interested in writing, this book is a worthwhile read because there are many nuggets of truth about life in here.

And did I say she is funny too?

for more information click here

"Bird By Bird" sings!

I have enjoyed the book and think it is very well written, easy to understand and remember its concepts.

for more information click here

A great read

Lamott tells it like it is. Don't expect any more than a shi**y first draft when writing a screenplay (one of the chapters is called "shi**y first drafts"). You polish it up on the second draft. Lamott is able to keep a writers expectations in check while also giving right motivation to finish a screenplay. I'd recommend this book to any writer.

A great companion for the lonely, desperate but aspiring writer

I love this book. I'm enjoying it so much, I just don't want it to end. It's a great comfort to read someone with so much talent that is honest enought to say is all really, really hard.

The sense of humor just heals your heart. And afterwards you can hear her voice while your desperatly trying to write. Or not go crazy.

Maybe no one can teach you to write. But Anne Lamot definitly makes it easier and more enjoyable.

for more information click here

Finally someone who tells it the way it really is!!

I am a Christian and and writer, and Anne Lamott is the best I have found out there writing on both subjects. You might not agree with something she says but if you stop, think about it, really let it sink in, she usually hits it right on the mark. Reading her book has truly inspired me and helped me to continue to write against all odds. I am going right now to download another Anne Lamott book to my kindle.

reviews: page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Some Instructions on Writing and Life

hot