Audiobook2 hours
Word by Word
Written by Anne Lamott
Narrated by Anne Lamott
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
Your writing, and your life, will be good and get better if you just take it word by word, says Anne Lamott in this live seminar recording that won a 1997 Audie Award for Best Educational/How-to Audiobook. Based on Lamott's acclaimed book Bird by Bird, this workshop was recorded at a presentation given for the Writers' League of Texas.
Author
Anne Lamott
Anne Lamott is the author of seven novels and nine works of nonfiction, and the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship. She has been a book reviewer for Mademoiselle, a restaurant critic for California magazine, and a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle and Salon. Anne Lamott lives in northern California.
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Reviews for Word by Word
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excellent and practical writing advice. LaMott is such a gifted storyteller, that this talk is more entertaining than most audiobooks I’ve listened to. But it is equally informative, with tips that you can put into practice. It’s also great that this talk was given before the internet and smart phones became the norm for research. Highly recommend.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very good! Rather than being a generic writing lecture that offers tips, tricks, or time savers, this is a personal exploration of writing through the eyes of author Anne Lamott. Lamott is known for creating fiction with autobiographical roots and here she gives candid, humorous advice on how to create from your own experience.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The part with the hyper achiever was absolutely brilliant!
Loved the part a lot.
Thanks for the book. - Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Starts slow, babbling on about kids. Might be useful of you skip the first 30 minutes or so.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved this. So funny. She spoke to my wounded little writer's heart.
I feel like I can do one more lap. And try again... ironically, that was probably not her intention or the purpose of the "class". ? - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I loved the content and felt really inspired. If you’re a writer, you should definitely give this a listen. I had to pause the talk to go and write for a few hours then come back to it. I will relisten to this whenever I’m feeling stuck.
Know that this is a CD recording of a past workshop and there will be interruptions when the CDs are announced (which I found funny) and the chapters don’t make much sense. I think she says her son is 6 in this, and she’s now a grandmother so this is old but still very relevant. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bird by bird was great but you need to hear from Anne directly. This course is her voice to you. We’re lucky this is on Scribd- a blessing. And btw, she’s telling you you’re too lazy to be a writer in case you can’t see through the humor and kindness she provides. Writing’s hard and it’s easy to say that’s your dream but so easy to put off the work. I know.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5As always, Anne gives us practical writing advice that you can’t get anywhere else, and somehow manages to also nourish your soul. You can only win by listening to this.