Bird by Bird Paperback – Deckle Edge, 1 September 1995

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.

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

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.

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

Writer’s block, slump, depression, self doubt or just starting to write? This book helps you find your rhythm and begin. Funny with great ideas and interesting anecdotes from the author’s large makes this an enjoyable non fiction. To be re-read repeatedly.

I picked up this book to refine my writing and I was fully aware that this book wasn't about writing techniques or even about those fine embellishments that add shimmer to ordinary writing. This book is really about what it means to be a writer, particularly the unglamorous aspects and the crushing weight of self doubt that accompanies this sometimes-lonely obsession for writing. Anne Lamott is far from perfect, and it is in her imperfections that I found the most solidarity and a subliminal sense of how big of a responsibility being a writer can be if you do it right.

How good is this book?Well, I am writing this review after a second back-to-back read.It’s that good. It is one of the best books for authors by an author I have ever read, and I say that even though there are about a zillion books for authors by authors I still have to catch up on.This book isn’t about getting your use of the apostrophe right, or about avoiding dangling participles. This book is about perfectionism, about school lunches, about dialogues and about broccoli.It is about writing, not eating, and I highly recommend you read the book if you want to know (and learn from knowing) what school lunches and broccoli have to do with authorship.This book is about dealing with the vulnerabilities of authors by an author who has dealt with the vulnerabilities of being an author and has prevailed, if that easy, humorous writing style is anything to go by.And this book is a superb example of how to do storytelling right in a non-fiction book.This book is a kind of bible on the other category of abilities an author needs, the kind of abilities of the mind and spirit you won't find described in grammar books and books on craftsmanship.I have this feeling I will be reading it again. Seems broccoli is good for you.

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.