![]() ![]() ![]() One doesn't run across phrases like "total dedication" sifting through the Prozac-driven diction of most self-help or how-to books. "The real payoff is the writing itself, that a day when you have gotten your work done is a good day, that total dedication is the point." For anyone who writes or wants to write, she makes it clear that there is only one choice available - commitment to the process ![]() "Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life," by Anne Lamott, takes the confusion right out of that answer. When a man asked my profession, I told him that I was a writer. SOME years ago, not long after I moved to Los Angeles from New York, I attended a television industry party. March 5, 1995, Sunday, Late Edition - FinalīIRD BY BIRD Some Instructions on Writing and Life. The New York Times: Book Review Search Article ![]()
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