Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird teaches you to break writing projects into manageable pieces. The title comes from Lamott's father telling her overwhelmed ten-year-old brother to tackle his bird report "bird by bird." Essential if you write for work, whether emails, social media, or investor updates.
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You need this book if you're writing for work, whether it is for social media, investor updates, or even explaining what you're doing to other people. It's called Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, and it's an amazing book. One of my favorite quotes actually on the back of the book is, 30 years ago, my older brother, who was 10 years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he had had 3 months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird. And I would just highly recommend this book if you're looking to learn more about the craft of writing.