Bird by Bird

The book talks to every person and it befriends every writer. The author Anne Lammot tells her students to plug their nose, jump in, and write. She writes about the fears, the slack, the disinterest, the “am I having cancer or mental illness” phase, all phases a writer can go through to keep at writing on his or her desk. After every chapter I took down points in my notebook. Apart from addressing writers, the author in her foreword says the book is a narrative of her take on life. A must read book. 📕 It is very interesting, insightful and filled with practical advice.

This book is interesting one. I just wanted to know how the task of writing begins. Very interesting, funny, illustrious book must be followed by beginners....

I highly recommend Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. It’s full of practical advice, written beautifully with self-deprecating humour. She speaks about everything from getting words on a page to reaching deep within oneself for plots — using memory as a creative device. She also offers valuable insights on dealing with rejection, jealousy, and the art of both giving and receiving feedback. It feels like storytelling around a campfire, disguised as a workshop. It’s not so much technical as it is philosophical — there are other great books on craft, but this one is for the writer’s soul. Best of all, much of Lamott’s wisdom also informs our lives — how we relate to ourselves and to others. It shows us the way to becoming not only better writers, but also kinder humans.

A must read for anyone who enjoys reading. Apart from the message and the theme, just the writing itself is STUPENDOUS. Should be must read for schools.

This is a must-read book for authors who need some motivation to complete their book. Authors (and wannabes) often find themselves facing writer's block. So this answers the question, How to eat an elephant? Piece by piece! Instead of considering the book or novel as one big whole thing, consider it as parts. Now you have to focus on completing just one chapter. Thus, by going from chapter to chapter, you complete your book! The book provides many practical solutions to situations where authors get stuck. This is one of the main reasons why you find this book on the desk of almost every author worth his/her salt. To improve your writing, consider reading this book a few times. Your work would improve a lot.

My first book on writing and it was hit when it comes to learnings from it . Author compares life to writing as both needs acceptance in imperfection .Bird by Bird tells the power of story telling and how writting connects individual to deeperselves .Author provides road map for writers by sharing personal memoirs,writting tips and how even small writting each day can bring out a different version of ourselves.#birdbybird

A1 quality, the book cover has some nice asmr feels to it, loved it, tx (sturdier cover than normal books)!

Not really great read. I was expecting to get some motivation to write more which i did in few chapters but the book is not really a pleasant read. It is not a coherent writing, in my opinion. My previous reading The sense of style by Steven Pinker must have set the bar high, I guess.