- Audio CD: 3 pages
- Publisher: Writer's Audio Shop (February 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1880717573
- ISBN-13: 978-1880717578
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 13 x 1.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 23 g
- Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,028,410 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
From Library Journal
Anne Lamott (Bird by Bird, Audio Reviews, LJ 9/1/96) offers advice to aspiring writers in this recorded workshop. She urges those who want to write to set aside as little as an hour a day, five days a week, and try to write a thousand words each day. A recovering alcoholic and single mother, Lamott stresses the therapeutic value of writing and gently puts down those who want to know only about plot points and how to find an agent. "The reward is in the writing," she insists. Sprinkling her advice with self-deprecating wit, she, nonetheless, offers solid information on letting plot grow out of characterization, paying attention to life's details, and always keeping a supply of index cards nearby to capture noteworthy ideas. Lamott's casual style and speech patterns may not appeal to those who want more formality. On the other hand, by sounding nonliterary, she may appeal to those who never before dared to think they had anything worthwhile to say. This program is a positive addition to the growing number of how-to-write books.?Nancy R. Ives, SUNY at Geneseo
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
Take writing and life word by word, says Lamott, in this fast-paced workshop that takes you beyond Bird by Bird. Good writing, she says, slows you down, opens your heart and teaches you who you are. Good writing arrives through your fingers, knows what it's about, word by word. 2 cassettes.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Didn't enjoy this,
By A Customer
This review is from: Word by Word (Audio Cassette)
I don't usually write reviews, but I think buyers should be aware that this recording has little to do with Lamott's very good book, 'Bird by Bird'. These tapes are self-help tapes, like Julia Cameron's stuff. I was disappointed and a little bit annoyed. The box even says 'Writer's Audio Shop' on the front--very misleading. I say read the bird book and pass on these supposed 'word' lectures. Sorry Anne.
1.0 out of 5 stars
2% writing advice, 98% self absorption and psycho-babble,
By JW (Morristown, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Word by Word (Audio Cassette)
2% writing advice, 98% self absorption and psycho-babble. If your primary interest is self help for the compulsive, addicted etc. - this is the book for you; if you are looking for writing advice try John Gardner.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Word By Delightful Word,
By darkgds101@aol.com (california) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Word by Word (Audio Cassette)
Listening to anne lamott lecture is like taking a refreshing cool bath on the hottest day of the year; it quenches the soul. Additionally, her wonderfully gritty voice doles out practical writing advice with sturdy handles, the kind you literally cannot get from any oridinary seminar. Much of this tape is subsumed within her bestselling book, Bird By Bird, yet there is plenty that is unique to Word By Word to make it well worth the price; not the least of which is hearing the poem which Anne's dog Sadie wrote to her, wherein Sadie ponders the question: 'Should she (the author) really be driving?' Hilarious and poignant as ever, Lamott mixes up wry asides with text from her writing manual, and makes everything difficult seem worth undertaking. All in all, a generous illumination and expansion of several classic Lamott topics; hearing her say it in her own words brings it crackling to life. Writing is hard work, but with Anne at your side, it's a shared journey.
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