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02789aam a2200277 i 4500 001 01EFF930806011EE9D4312E22CECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231111010028 008 190911t20191994||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 0385480016 020 $a 9780385480017 040 $d TxAuBib $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Lamott, Anne, $e author. 245 1 $a Bird by bird $h [book] : $b some instructions on writing and life / $c Anne Lamott. 250 $a Second Anchor Books Edition ; 25th anniversary edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Anchor Books, $c 2019. 300 $a xxxii, 222 pages ; $c 21 cm. 500 $a "Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Pantheon Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York, in 1994"--Title page verso. 505 $a Part one. 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 two. The writing frame of mind: Looking around -- The moral point of view -- Broccoli -- Radio Station KFKD -- Jealousy -- Part three. Help along the way: Index cards -- Calling around -- Writing groups -- Someone to read your drafts -- Letters -- Writer's block -- Part four. Publication and other reasons to write: Writing a present -- Finding your voice -- Giving -- Publication -- Part five. The last class. 520 $a "For a quarter century, more than a million readersâscribes and scribblers of all ages and abilitiesâhave been inspired by Anne Lamottâs hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anneâs fatherâalso a writerâin the iconic passage that gives the book its title: âThirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that heâd 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 brotherâs shoulder, and said, âBird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.ââ An essential volume for generations of writers young and old, Bird by Bird is a modern classic. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition will continue to spark creative minds for years to come"--Back cover. 541 $d 20221020. 650 $a Authorship $v Handbooks, manuals, etc. 655 7 $a Handbooks and manuals. 941 $a 1 952 $l CPPC926 $d 20231111010426.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=01EFF930806011EE9D4312E22CECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search