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Description

A step-by-step guide to writing and managing the writer's life covers each portion of a written project, addresses such concerns as writer's block and getting published, and offers awareness and survival tips. Reprint. Tour. K. NYT.

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Memorable Quotes

  • “I understand why this style is so attractive to my students: it's like primitive art”
  • “Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor”
  • “When I read their books, I feel like I'm sitting around a campfire at night where they are spinning their wild stories”

First Sentence

The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about telling the truth.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Anne Lamott (Author)
 

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