Bird by bird : some instructions on writing and life / Anne Lamott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lamott, Anne, author.

Contributor:

EBSCOhost.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authorship.

Authorship--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxi, 238 pages.)

Edition:

First Anchor books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Anchor Books, 1995.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The author of five books, including the novels Hard Laughter, Rosie and Joe Jones, offers an "inspiring book about writing as a way of finding truth" (San Francisco Chronicle). "A reveille to get off our duffs and start writing now, while we still can".--Seattle Times.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, 1994.

Includes bibliographical references (page 239).

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780307424983

0307424987

Publisher Number:

99982841018

9780385480017

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.