Anne Lamott's, "Bird by Bird"

In starting my new book to read, I’ve chosen Anne Lamott’s, “Bird by Bird.” Starting off she talks about the process of getting started in your writing and how you should go about it. The best way to get started when trying to write Lamott says was to think about your childhood. This really made sense to me because there were so many experiences that one had of that time period. Then she goes on to give examples of just what instances one could further write on. To be really serious about writing, she says that you should schedule a set time for each day in which you will focus all your energy on writing. In her words she states, “This is how you train your unconscious to kick in for you creatively.” Writing no doubt at times can be a very challenging thing to do, but sometimes one can exert too much energy in trying to do so. To make the idea of writing easier and not as stressful, she says that she just writes one paragraph This paragraph is nothing more than a description of whatever you are going to write about whether it is the setting of the story, or something about the main character. For this to be the beginning of this book, she is giving some good pointers already and I’m eager to read more lol!