Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
- ISBN-10
- 0679435204
- ISBN-13
- 9780679435204
- Series
- Bird by Bird
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 239
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Author
- Anne Lamott
Description
Presents a personal guide to living a writer's life, and discusses dialogue, plot, character, setting, revision, point of view, writing groups, writer's block, and publication
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