For a quarter century, more than a million readers—scribes and scribblers of all ages and abilities—have been inspired by Anne Lamott’s hilarious, big-hearted, homespun advice. Advice that begins with the simple words of wisdom passed down from Anne’s father—also a writer—in the iconic passage that gives the book its title:
“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d 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 brother’s shoulder, and said, ‘Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.’”
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.
Anne Lamott is the New York Times bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow; Small Victories; Stitches; Some Assembly Required; Grace (Eventually); Plan B; Traveling Mercies; Bird by Bird; Operating Instructions, and the forthcoming Hallelujah Anyway. She is also the author of several novels, including Imperfect Birds and Rosie. A past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an inductee to the California Hall of Fame, she lives in Northern California.
In Part One, Lamott addresses the daunting task of beginning to write. She talks about how writers should strive to write at the same time every day and urges them to give themselves short, discrete assignments rather than long, complicated ones. She keeps ...
评分书评会在这两周内写完,在此先贴出我的个人阅读笔记,仅供参考: “ With the writer's quivalent of canvas and brush, i wrote a description of what I saw:"i walked to the lip of the water and let the foamy tongue of the rushing liquid lick my toes. A sand crab...
评分《关于写作—一只鸟接着一只鸟》读后感 因为是商务印书馆出的书,我对本书的期望值很高。阅完后的失望之情也随之水涨船高。合上书后,我相信自己的阅读应该是仅此一遍了。 关于写作的一切,我推荐另一本书《成为作家》,两者实际上写的内容是差不多的。但《成为作家》一书更直...
评分我想说的是,这本书绝对是一个宝藏,它带给你的不仅是如何写作,更是如何生活。所以把书名的instruction译作指南绝不过分,对,这就是一本写作和生活指南。 摘录了一些句子,稍作分类和点评,暂当做对本书的缩水版吧。但是,就像作者所说的,光靠一句话无法成为伟大的...
评分书评会在这两周内写完,在此先贴出我的个人阅读笔记,仅供参考: “ With the writer's quivalent of canvas and brush, i wrote a description of what I saw:"i walked to the lip of the water and let the foamy tongue of the rushing liquid lick my toes. A sand crab...
more like bio than a guide
评分sometimes it came off as trying too hard to be funny but mostly interesting and honest. would love to read something from Anne Lamott
评分Being a writer is not about crossing it off the Bucket List or getting published. It is ultimately about "how alive we are willing to be?" Brilliant. Finished on 2015/06/12
评分许多道理,写作和生活都是相通的。比如说,写作能给你养育孩子所会拥有的那些:关照幼小、关注细节、变得柔软。(拥有孩子也是一种获得。) 真正的细心爱心、如同母亲般不计较付出,相较于想用最小代价获得最大利益,事实上能得到更大的收获和幸福感。
评分第一部分还可以,不过很多和斯蒂芬·金在《关于写作》里说的重合,而且读起来远没有斯蒂芬·金的有意思,后面几部分基本上看标题和前几段就行了。
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