Bird by bird: some instructions on writing and life
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Published:
New York : Anchor Books, 1995.
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Book
Edition:
1st Anchor books edition.
ISBN:
9780385480017, 0385480016, 9781439558164, 1439558167
Physical Desc:
xxxi, 238 pages ; 21 cm
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CCU Circulating Books
PN 147 .L315 1995
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Anne Lamott recounts her personal experiences to reveal her writing techniques and how she overcomes obstacles that interfere with the writing flow. She offers concrete suggestions about character, plot, setting, and other topics of interest to writers. She also offers advice about how to navigate through the dark underbelly feelings of self-doubt, inadequacy, and jealousy that are inevitable parts of any writer's experience.
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Lamott, A. (1995). Bird by bird: some instructions on writing and life. 1st Anchor books edition. New York, Anchor Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Lamott, Anne. 1995. Bird By Bird: Some Instructions On Writing and Life. New York, Anchor Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Lamott, Anne, Bird By Bird: Some Instructions On Writing and Life. New York, Anchor Books, 1995.
MLA Citation (style guide)Lamott, Anne. Bird By Bird: Some Instructions On Writing and Life. 1st Anchor books edition. New York, Anchor Books, 1995.
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9780385480017
Notes
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Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1994.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 239).
Description
Anne Lamott recounts her personal experiences to reveal her writing techniques and how she overcomes obstacles that interfere with the writing flow. She offers concrete suggestions about character, plot, setting, and other topics of interest to writers. She also offers advice about how to navigate through the dark underbelly feelings of self-doubt, inadequacy, and jealousy that are inevitable parts of any writer's experience.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Part I. Writing : 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? -- Part II. The writing frame of mind : Looking around ; The moral point of view ; Broccoli ; Radio Station KFKD ; Jealousy -- Part III. Help along the way : Index cards ; Calling around ; Writing groups ; Someone to read your drafts ; Letters ; Writer's block -- Part IV. Publication, and other reasons to write : Writing a present ; Finding your voice ; Giving ; Publication -- Part V. The last class. | |
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