Bird by bird : some instructions on writing and life

Author

• Lamott, Anne

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

New York: Anchor books, 1995

Language

English

ISBN

9780385480017

Series

Subject(s)

• AUTHORSHIP-HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ETC.
• LANGUAGE ARTS

Notes

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Abstract

"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.'" "Superb writing advice... hilarious, helpful and provocative." -- "New York Times Book Review." "A warm, generous and hilarious guide through the writer's world and its treacherous swamps." -- "Los Angeles Times." "A gift to all of us mortals who write or ever wanted to write... sidesplittingly funny, patiently wise and alternately cranky and kind -- a reveille to get off our duffs and start writing "now," while we still can." -- "Seattle Times."

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xxxii, 238 p.

Dimension

20 cm.

Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

Getting started --
Short assignments --
Shitty first drafts --
Perfectionism --
School lunches --
Polaroids --
Character --
Plot --
Dialogue --
Set design --
False starts --
Plot treatment --
How do you know when you're done? --
Looking around --
The moral point of view --
Broccoli --
Radio Station KFKD --
Jealousy --
Index cards --
Calling around --
Writing groups --
Someone to read your drafts --
Letters --
Writer's block --
Writing a present --
Finding your voice --
Giving --
Publication.

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	02681/17	808.02 Lam B	Library - 8th Floor	Available