Bird by Bird
Instructions on Writing and Life
Anne Lamott
“Shitty first drafts. All good writers write them. This is how they end up with good second drafts and terrific third drafts.”
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A legendary guide to the craft of writing, with more than a million copies sold worldwide
Bird by Bird is the bible of writing guides – a wry, honest, down-to-earth book that has never stopped selling since it was first published in the United States in the 1990s. Bestselling novelist and memoirist Anne Lamott distils what she’s learned over years of trial and error. Beautifully written, wise and immensely helpful, this is the book for all serious writers and writers-to-be.
“Superb writing advice … hilarious, helpful and provocative”
new York Times Book Review
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“A warm, generous and hilarious guide through the writer’s world and its treacherous swamps”
los Angeles Times
“[A] classic of the genre”
guardian
“My go-to gift or recommendation for anyone interested in writing, though it is as much a treatise on life as it is a creative-writing primer”
Matt Haig
“A generous and funny guide to writing and life”
Bonnie Garmus
guardian
Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott is the New York Times bestselling author of a number of non-fiction books, including Help, Thanks, Wow; Small Victories; Stitches and Bird by Bird. 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.
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