Saturday, March 19, 2011
bird by bird
I finished Anne Lamott's book on writing. Woohoo! I'm a writer. Although I have written and been published (a little), I was not able to call myself a writer. It sounded pretentious. "Real" writers were something much more exalted and important. Reading Lamott's descriptions of writing gave me more perspective. No, I am not a professional writier, but I can call myself a writer. Thank you Anne Lamott! If any of you are looking for a second book, "bird by bird" is great.
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I understand what you mean about calling yourself a writer sounding pretentious. But I'm glad the book was so great. I ordered it from amazon and am debating between that book and "Ernest Hemingway On Writing" for the second book that we have to read. But either way at least I will have it to read for later since it has such great reviews from you and Ms. G!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that you can call yourself a writer lol....I would like to be able to call myself a writer as well lol....To me knowing in yourself that you are a writer is what matters the most....because then you just have to keep progressing to get better! (With Confidence) I AM A WRITER!! :)
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