A review by diyuk
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

4.0

I bought this book without any prior knowledge about what is it going to be. I took it as a self help book and in a way it is. But it's much more than that.
The book gives you all the motivation you need to write your first shitty draft as a writer. With a humorous take on life, Anne Lamott helps you understand life from a broader perspective. She shows you the chaotic, messy world as it is and the hardships of being a writer but guides you home with her lively prose.
If you are an aspiring writer then you are at the right place. If you are feeling low at the moment because life has got you, then this book will lift you up.
As one of the reviews on the back cover says "A warm, generous and hilarious guide through the writer's world and its treacherous swamps."