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1978 Buick Skylark Sport
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1978 - 1980 Chevrolet C10 Big Ten
1975 - 1981 Chevrolet C10 Cheyenne
1975 - 1980 Chevrolet C10 Custom Deluxe
1981 Chevrolet C10 Deluxe
1975 - 1986 Chevrolet C10 Scottsdale, Silverado, Custom
1969 - 1974 Chevrolet C10 Pickup Base
1969 - 1974 Chevrolet C10 Suburban Base
1981 - 1986 Chevrolet C10 Suburban Custom
1975 - 1980 Chevrolet C10 Suburban Custom Deluxe
1981 Chevrolet C10 Suburban Deluxe
1975 - 1986 Chevrolet C10 Suburban Scottsdale, Silverado
1986 Chevrolet C20 Base
1975 - 1986 Chevrolet C20 Cheyenne, Silverado, Scottsdale
1981 - 1986 Chevrolet C20 Custom
1975 - 1980 Chevrolet C20 Custom Deluxe
1981 Chevrolet C20 Deluxe
1969 - 1974 Chevrolet C20 Pickup Base
1969 - 1974 Chevrolet C20 Suburban Base
1981 - 1986 Chevrolet C20 Suburban Custom
1975 - 1980 Chevrolet C20 Suburban Custom Deluxe
1981 Chevrolet C20 Suburban Deluxe
1975 - 1986 Chevrolet C20 Suburban Silverado, Scottsdale
1975 - 1982 Chevrolet C30 Base
1975 - 1981 Chevrolet C30 Cheyenne
1981 - 1986 Chevrolet C30 Custom
1975 - 1980 Chevrolet C30 Custom Deluxe
1981 Chevrolet C30 Deluxe
1975 - 1986 Chevrolet C30 Scottsdale, Silverado
1969 - 1974 Chevrolet C30 Pickup Base
1967 - 1980 Chevrolet Camaro Base
1979 - 1986 Chevrolet Camaro Berlinetta
1985 - 1987 Chevrolet Camaro Iroc-Z
1973 - 1987 Chevrolet Camaro LT
1976 - 1978 Chevrolet Camaro LT Rally Sport
1976 - 1980 Chevrolet Camaro Rally Sport
1967 - 1975 Chevrolet Camaro RS
1981 - 1987 Chevrolet Camaro Sport
1967 - 1972 Chevrolet Camaro SS
1967 - 1987 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
1982 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Indianapolis 500 Pace Car
1969 - 1988 Chevrolet Caprice Base
1973 - 1988 Chevrolet Caprice Classic
1986 - 1988 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Brougham
1976 - 1982 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Estate
1976 - 1981 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Landau
1987 - 1988 Chevrolet Caprice Classic LS Brougham
1975 - 1980 Chevrolet Caprice Classic Sport
1973 - 1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate
1975 Chevrolet Caprice Estate Wagon
1979 Chevrolet Caprice Landau
1969 Chevrolet Chevelle 300 Deluxe
1970 - 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle Base
1973 Chevrolet Chevelle Deluxe
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet Chevelle SS, Nomad, Malibu, Concours Estate, Concours, Greenbrier
1968 Chevrolet Chevy II Nova
1969 - 1981 Chevrolet Corvette Base
1978 Chevrolet Corvette Indianapolis 500 Pace Car, Silver Anniversary Edition
1975 - 1976 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
1975 - 1977 Chevrolet El Camino Classic
1977 - 1986 Chevrolet El Camino Conquista
1969 - 1974 Chevrolet El Camino Custom
1979 - 1981 Chevrolet El Camino Royal Knight
1969 - 1987 Chevrolet El Camino SS, Base
1983 Chevrolet G10 Base
1975 - 1986 Chevrolet G10 Beauville, Sportvan, Chevy Van
1981 - 1986 Chevrolet G10 Bonaventure
1970 - 1974 Chevrolet G10 Van Base, Sportvan
1975 - 1986 Chevrolet G20 Beauville, Chevy Van, Sportvan
1983 - 1984 Chevrolet G20 Bonaventure
1978 - 1981 Chevrolet G20 Nomad
1970 - 1974 Chevrolet G20 Van Sportvan, Base
1975 - 1988 Chevrolet G30 Beauville, Hi-Cube, Chevy Van, Sportvan
1983 - 1984 Chevrolet G30 Bonaventure
1970 - 1974 Chevrolet G30 Van Base, Sportvan
1969 - 1985 Chevrolet Impala Base
1975 - 1977 Chevrolet Impala Custom
1981 - 1982 Chevrolet Impala Estate
1977 - 1979 Chevrolet Impala Landau
1976 Chevrolet Impala S, Custom Landau
1975 - 1980 Chevrolet Impala Sport
1975 - 1981 Chevrolet K10 Cheyenne
1981 - 1986 Chevrolet K10 Custom
1975 - 1980 Chevrolet K10 Custom Deluxe
1981 Chevrolet K10 Deluxe
1975 - 1986 Chevrolet K10 Scottsdale, Silverado
1969 - 1974 Chevrolet K10 Pickup Base
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1981 - 1986 Chevrolet K10 Suburban Custom
1975 - 1980 Chevrolet K10 Suburban Custom Deluxe
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1981 - 1986 Chevrolet K20 Suburban Custom
1975 - 1980 Chevrolet K20 Suburban Custom Deluxe
1981 Chevrolet K20 Suburban Deluxe
1975 - 1986 Chevrolet K20 Suburban Silverado, Scottsdale
1977 - 1981 Chevrolet K30 Cheyenne
1981 - 1986 Chevrolet K30 Custom
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1981 Chevrolet K30 Deluxe
1977 - 1986 Chevrolet K30 Scottsdale, Silverado
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1976 Chevrolet K5 Blazer Base
1981 - 1986 Chevrolet K5 Blazer Custom
1975 - 1980 Chevrolet K5 Blazer Custom Deluxe, Cheyenne
1981 Chevrolet K5 Blazer Deluxe
1984 Chevrolet K5 Blazer Scottsdale
1978 - 1986 Chevrolet K5 Blazer Silverado
1969 - 1972 Chevrolet Kingswood Base, Estate
1973 - 1975 Chevrolet Laguna Base
1973 Chevrolet Laguna Estate
1975 - 1976 Chevrolet Laguna S3
1974 Chevrolet Laguna Type S-3
1973 - 1981 Chevrolet Malibu Base
1974 - 1983 Chevrolet Malibu Classic
1975 - 1980 Chevrolet Malibu Classic Estate
1976 - 1981 Chevrolet Malibu Classic Landau
1973 - 1980 Chevrolet Malibu Estate
1976 - 1979 Chevrolet Malibu Landau
1979 Chevrolet Malibu Police
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1983 Chevrolet Monte Carlo CL
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1986 - 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo LS
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1983 - 1988 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS
1978 - 1979 Chevrolet Monza 2+2 Sport
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1977 Chevrolet Monza Mirage
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1978 Chevrolet Monza Sport
1976 Chevrolet Monza Towne Coupe Spyder
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1976 - 1977 Chevrolet Nova Concours
1973 - 1979 Chevrolet Nova Custom
1975 Chevrolet Nova LN
1975 - 1978 Chevrolet Nova Police
1977 - 1979 Chevrolet Nova Rally
1976 Chevrolet Nova SS
1988 Chevrolet R30 Cheyenne
1987 - 1988 Chevrolet R30 Custom Deluxe, Silverado, Scottsdale
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1988 Chevrolet V30 Cheyenne
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1977 GMC C15 Indy Hauler
1975 - 1978 GMC C15 Sierra Grande, Base, Sierra Classic, High Sierra
1978 GMC C15 Street Coupe
1975 - 1978 GMC C15 Suburban Sierra Grande, Sierra Classic, Base, High Sierra
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1979 - 1980 GMC C1500 Heavy Half
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1975 - 1978 GMC C25 High Sierra, Sierra Grande, Base, Sierra Classic
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1979 - 1986 GMC C2500 High Sierra, Sierra Classic, Base
1979 - 1982 GMC C2500 Sierra Grande
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1975 - 1978 GMC C35 High Sierra, Sierra Classic, Base, Sierra Grande
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1979 - 1982 GMC C3500 Sierra Grande
1981 - 1986 GMC Caballero Amarillo
1981 GMC Caballero Conquista, Royal Knight
1978 - 1987 GMC Caballero Diablo, Base
1978 - 1980 GMC Caballero Laredo
1975 - 1978 GMC G15 Rally STX, Vandura, Rally
1971 GMC G15/G1500 Van Base
1971 - 1974 GMC G15/G1500 Van Vandura, Rally
1983 - 1984 GMC G1500 Rally Custom
1979 - 1986 GMC G1500 Vandura, Rally, Rally STX
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1971 - 1974 GMC G25/G2500 Van Rally
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1983 - 1984 GMC G2500 Rally Custom
1979 - 1986 GMC G2500 Vandura, Rally, Rally STX
1975 - 1978 GMC G35 Rally Camper Special, Vandura Special, Vandura, Rally STX, Rally, Magnavan
1971 - 1974 GMC G35/G3500 Van Base, Vandura, Rally
1981 - 1988 GMC G3500 Rally Custom
1979 - 1988 GMC G3500 Rally, Magnavan, Vandura, Rally STX, Vandura Special, Rally Camper Special
1970 - 1986 GMC Jimmy Base
1975 - 1985 GMC Jimmy High Sierra
1975 - 1986 GMC Jimmy Sierra Classic
1975 - 1982 GMC Jimmy Sierra Grande
1986 GMC Jimmy Silverado
1978 - 1982 GMC Jimmy Street Coupe
1975 - 1978 GMC K15 Base, Sierra Classic, High Sierra, Sierra Grande
1977 GMC K15 Indy Hauler
1975 - 1978 GMC K15 Suburban Sierra Classic, Sierra Grande, Base, High Sierra
1969 - 1974 GMC K15/K1500 Pickup Base
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1979 - 1986 GMC K1500 High Sierra, Sierra Classic, Base
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1975 - 1978 GMC K25 Sierra Grande, Base, Sierra Classic, High Sierra
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1969 - 1974 GMC K25/K2500 Pickup Base
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1979 - 1986 GMC K2500 Base, Sierra Classic, High Sierra
1979 - 1982 GMC K2500 Sierra Grande
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1977 - 1978 GMC K35 Sierra Classic, Base, Sierra Grande, High Sierra
1969 - 1974 GMC K35/K3500 Pickup Base
1979 - 1986 GMC K3500 Sierra Classic, High Sierra, Base
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1971 - 1977 GMC Sprint Base
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1975 GMC Sprint High Sierra
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1979 Oldsmobile Cutlass Salon Hurst
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1978 Pontiac Grand LeMans SA
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Cora L. Foerstner
Belleville, US
★★★★★ 5
I have a few instructional writing books I reread; this is one of them.
Format: Paperback
Plot & Structure: Techniques and Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish by James Scott Bell may be the best book for plotting and creating structure in fiction stories that I’ve read. I have a few instructional writing books I reread; this is one of them. Plot & Structure works for writers who don’t use outlines and for those who do. Throughout Bell acknowledges and addresses how his ideas about plot and structure can be used by all writers. This isn’t a “my way or the highway” kind of book. Bell gives practical advice for all writers. What’s so great about Plot & Structure? The biggest plus is Bell’s practical and down to earth strategies and clear explanations. Here are the other greats: Bell’s approach isn’t a how-to formula; it’s more of a guide. His genre is thrillers, but he addresses the needs of other genres as well as those of literary fiction. He provides many strategies writers can use to approach plot and structure; plus, he encourages readers to find their own way of working. The exercises at the end of the chapters are practical. If you try some of them, you’ll discover that they aren’t busywork but helpful approaches to solving writing issues. Unless you’re a pro with so many publications behind you that you don’t need help, this isn’t a book to read once and put away. It’s a book you’ll come back to and get more out of with a second or third reading. If you want a formula or step-by-step program, this isn’t a book for you. He gives choices so you can find you own style and way of working. Which is one of the things like I about the book. It’s like going to a writer buffet and choose the strategies that work for you. If you are someone who writes without an outline, you are going to be surprised because Bell doesn’t leave you out of any of the equations. He has strategies for all writers.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2014
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Mel Bridges
Lowell, US
★★★★★ 5
Great advice, guidelines, and suggestions: Bell writes with a contagiously inspiring attitude
Format: Paperback
I admire good organization when it comes to most things, especially in a book that purports to teach about structure. The organization of the book makes it easy to go back and reread a part; for example, if you are working on a beginning, middle, or end section in your fictional story, there are corresponding chapters for what you need. Each chapter has ending exercises that I imagine to be helpful, but I haven't actually worked them through although I've read them. You will read about elements that you need to know to how to do to write an appealing story, like characterization, settings, dialogue, and scene selection. It is recommended that you get a book with these elements as the main focus for a more detailed, expansive treatment (if you haven't done so already). Bell is most helpful on how to construct a scene. However, he does not have much to say about description, other than that it has a tendency to slow the plot and you should give details as needed but not more than that (on the line of a need-to-know-type of basis). Bell also has sections on how to brainstorm plot ideas and test whether the ideas are worthy of attention. This was something I needed to do with my last story idea that burned and crashed. Furthermore he tells of "plotting systems" used by many writers, which are the-strict-only-by-the-outline group (OPs) or the free-rein-no-outline group (NOPs) and writers using a little of both. The suggestions and tips are conveyed in a way that you can take and adapt them to your style. The chapter on common plot problems was very helpful. He even tells of how he squeezes in his writing time. Bell's way doesn't work for me, but you can take it and suit it to your own circumstances. What I like about Bell is that he writes in a non-demeaning way to new writers. There are some writing books which take punches at new writers, be it ever so subtly or blatantly (I would rather not name any names), even though these books may contain invaluable writing advice and tools. It is just refreshing to have Bell's attitude. He motivates me to write and be true to myself, especially in his introduction. So far it is one of the books I keep going back and rereading parts that are pertinent to what I am writing.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2006
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Ken Goldstein
Alexandria, US
★★★★★ 5
As Much About Life As Writing
Format: Paperback
Anne Lamott is not a cheerleader, more like the Burgess Meredith with the water bottle and bucket in Rocky's corner between rounds -- I'm also guessing she wouldn't wilt if she had to slash your eye open if like Rocky it got sealed shut. She knows you are going to get hit hard, and she reminds you that you know it too. She tells you not to get distracted by that which doesn't matter to the process of writing. Much of this she learned from her father, who was also a career writer. He taught her it was the doing that mattered, not the surrounding mechanical functions that seem like they matter. What struck me repeatedly in Lamott's mini-lessons was her deep understanding of process -- that output of a work is not so much the full work itself, but an assembly of building blocks, one at a time, each a commitment, and only in totality something more. She does not advocate bonehead process or ridiculous formulaic mandate - this is not a how-to manual -- she just wants us to care about what we are doing and accomplish it in a series of heartfelt steps. There are no shortcuts, it's a little more each day, a continuum that adds up to a satisfying and cohesive whole. This is not breakthrough thinking, but it's a lesson we need to learn over and over, and it's not just about writing. Creative process is the heart of innovation. Think of all the elements that make the iPad great. If all the elements weren't great, it would not be great. Same with a restaurant menu and wine list. Same with an office skyscraper or memorial monument. Same with a short story, same with a novel. Summary impression rests in the details, all the many tiny parts or moments -- and all those details require hard thought and careful design. Lamott is smart about this, she tells you that getting it right is not going to happen out of the gate and unnerving strides at perfection can be your worst enemy. She has an excellent descriptor for the real quality of the first drafts to which we aspire. I'll let you discover that on your own so the word does not get scraped here. Her point is, just get the words out, work on making them better later, a layer at a time. She also allows us not to obsess unnecessarily with locking the full road map before we explore, because again that can impede our work. How far do we need to see ahead? "About two or three feet ahead of you" is plenty she tell us, quoting E.L. Doctorow: "..writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way." She says this is "right up there with the best advice about writing, or life, I have ever heard." I tend to agree. There is tremendous empathy in Lamott's world view, she offers a sense of shared experience that is reinforcing and comforting. Lamott talks about the imaginary radio station playing in your head -- another colorful descriptor I will let you discover -- that tells us over and over again why we can't do something, why the work we are doing is neither good nor worth doing. Learning to turn off that radio is our key to moving forward, we all hear it from time to time, but when it becomes perpetual, that is when our ability to create interesting work stops completely. Lamott is just so honest and clear about all the factors that stop us from moving forward because she not only has experienced them, she continues to experience them. She does not position herself as a guru or weekend seminar success evangelist, but simply as someone who can reflect on problems of creativity because she deals with problems of creativity endlessly in her own life. She is even more honest in telling us that no one can make these problems go away once and for all, certainly not with any form of temporal success. All we can do is know that these obstructions will always be there, so we must embrace confronting them. Sometimes it really is good to know that none of us are experiencing roadblocks on our own, the fact that someone like Lamott tells you she is experiencing what you are experiencing is precisely the empathy that builds strength and resistance because the experiences are shared, bad and good. Her humility is reinforcing and refreshing and uncompromisingly inspiring. "Bird by Bird" is not a long book, it can be read if you wish initially in a single sitting, but it is the kind of book you will find yourself coming back to for this chapter or that, this phrase or that. Lamott writes with good humor, even when she tackles very difficult and personal matters of her own life and those around her. The more I think about her framework, the more I am convinced it is much more broadly applicable then perhaps she even considered. I see the guidance as useful in company life, in financial life, in family life, in political life, and in government life. All of these require effective process to get them right, there are no shortcuts, and the rewards can be the smallest where the challenges are the greatest. That does not mean the rewards aren't meaningful, but it is the context of those rewards and the expectations that one sets for success that truly inform us when we are steering toward a final draft. Review excerpted from my blog: [...]
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Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2011
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Farnoosh Brock
Los Angeles, US
★★★★★ 5
Attention: Writers! This book is for all of us, new or old pros at the craft.
Format: Paperback
Some - because it's too many to list ALL - of reasons I loved Bird by Bird as a writer, an entrepreneur and a human being with stories to share and thoughts to voice - just like you. I wish I had read the Kindle version so I could highlight every chapter and re-read them later, but I got the physical book to add it to the small shelf of books I still keep in my office, and next to the copy of my most favorite book on the topic: On Writing by Stephen King. Bird by Bird is now the 2nd best and useful book I have read on writing. If I weren't inspired to write before, I felt my body fill up with reasons that now draw me to writing. If I had voices of doubt, the ones that slip into your head at 4am and whisper, "Who are you to write? What do you have to say that others want to read?", which I did, I am now courageous enough to ignore them. They don't go away but I can say, screw you, I'm writing anyway. I now can't not write and this feeling is one that I just can't put a price on. For that alone, I'm overjoyed. But there's more. For starters, it's the way she tells you to write about your childhood. It's the simplicity of this advice, and the way she just calls you to do it. I loved her just for that. Write about your childhood even if it was terrible, even if it was dark and lonely, for it shaped you into who you are and who you are is a unique voice for the world to hear. Okay I added all of that but she says it more beautifully and the gist of it says that thou must write about thy childhood especially when you do not know where to start. Make it a good story, turn the bad characters into a description that if they were to read your book, they would not recognize themselves except for their actions - that's apparently how you save yourself from libel - and then just write. I cried at various points in this book and the whole spiel about childhood was one of them, but the others were when she described why we write, and what brings us to the blank page, and how it's not about being published - and it really isn't, I've been published twice and my book has ranked among best-selling categories and sold thousands of copies and it was fun yes but writing is about so much more. If you weren't enough before you published, she quotes someone, then you won't be enough after, and that will stay with me. We all write for our own reasons, and if you feel drawn to writing, if you feel a call to writing and you have been resisting it, stop. Ignoring this urge is like neglecting hunger or thirst just because you are too stubborn to accept the laws of nature. Go with the flow, drop your excuses and write what you feel called upon to write. I also love the writing style of Bird by Bird. She does not break down writing into distinct categories and address each. She simply tells us stories and personal experience and her amazing nuggets of wisdom come through, just oozing out of the page. It is the stories that help you remember the bigger points she was making, and a very similar style as King's On Writing, which helps you learn not just about writing but about the writer's life and highs and lows and how writing integrates into their life, and the big picture. Bird by Bird is sweet, refreshing, funny, and even if Lamott over-dramatizes the life of an author - or perhaps, mine is under-dramatic, who knows - I love her for it. I love that she was oh so vulnerable, and how she dished out tough love and great advice and in the end, simply encouraged us to write. Just write those stories down and do it for reasons that go well beyond publication, fortune, fame, or other dreams that you may have for your writing, because writing is its own sweet delicious fulfilling reward. Add this book to your list of must-read books, my writer friends, and let's put our stories out in the world if not for anyone but ourselves.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2015
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Caryss Wood-Behan
Alexandria, US
★★★★★ 4
Lamott's "Bird by Bird" is a real tweet
Format: Paperback
In "Bird by Bird," Anne Lamott relates the growing pains felt by all fledgling writers, including herself at one time, and the importance of staying on course until the job of writing is done. The book is sown with plenty of humorous anecdotes, zany analogies and colorful metaphors - in short, the emblematic, original style of writing for which Anne Lamott is best known. "Bird by Bird" does not deviate from this signature style by drifting into territories of discussion about proper grammar, form and other pedestrian aspects of writing. She feathers her nest in a creative, engaging format, filling it with stories of her earlier days as a writer and interspersing them with tips and lessons learned along the way. There is no elitism in "Bird by Bird." Lamott demonstrates her humanness in the incidents she shares. When a friend calls to say that her book has been published readers will empathize with Lamott's natural feelings of jealousy and inferiority. When she ends up writing about those unpleasant emotions, the lesson becomes apparent that any topic - especially one that is universally felt, experienced and, therefore, understood - has the potential to be fashioned into the written form. Later on, the author reveals the anxiety and knuckle-cracking anticipation she experiences while awaiting feedback on a manuscript submission. It is impossible not to feel jitters of sympathy as we wait for the outcome to be revealed. For the most part, "Bird by Bird" covers the emotional and creative expanse experienced by the writer from the moment he first coaxes his work onto paper until such time that he deems it finished. Lamott reminds writers that aspiring to have their works published should not trump the sheer joy of writing for writing's sake. The book could prove a valuable addition for a writer who has already begun to see some positive affirmation and movement where his writing is concerned. For a beginner, however, this book might miss the mark due to its absence of writing fundamentals. Lamott does address this subject, however, in a general sense when she alludes to writers' groups and writers' workshops. The few flutters of grandstanding that occasionally manifest as Lamott tells her story seem more than justified; she deserves recognition, to be sure. Despite a thorny start, Lamott has arrived - observing, reflecting and, finally, writing it all down from her position in the catbird seat.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2009

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