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Convince yourself that you are working in clay, not marble, on paper not eternal bronze: Let that fi...

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The best way in the world for breaking up a writer's block is to write a lot.

Theoretically there's no reason one should get [writer's block], if one understands that writing, af...

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The very qualities that make one a writer in the first place contribute to the block: hypersensitivi...

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I'm sitting in my office trying to squeeze a story from my head. It is that kind of morning when you...

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I gradually realized that I was seeing another example of creative ebb, another step by another art ...

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If your wife locks you out of the house, you don't have a problem with your door.

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Anne LamottBird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

There are few experiences as depressing as that anxious barren state known as writer's block, where ...

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Anne LamottBird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

The problem is acceptance, which is something we're taught not to do. We're taught to improve uncomf...

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Picture of Anne Lamott
Anne LamottBird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Writing is something that you don't know how to do. You sit down and it's something that happens, or...

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I'll admit that writing doesn't always come, but I'm totally against walking around looking at the s...

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On No Work of WordsOn no work of words now for three lean months in the bloodyBelly of the rich year...

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Writing is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make...

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I don't sit around waiting for passion to strike me. I keep working steadily, because I believe it i...

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I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day a novel should not be inter...

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