Sentences with phrase «bird by bird»

I've read Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird and Stephen King's On Writing.

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott Passionate, relentlessly ambitious Jo is probably a perfectionist when it comes to writing, so I think she could benefit from Anne Lamott's famous advice about terrible first drafts.

Her advice to take it one small step at a time, bird by bird, is invaluable.

Anne Lamott in Bird by Bird, her bestselling «instruction manual» on writing, puts it more poetically: «All good writers write shitty first drafts -LSB-...] The first draft is the child's draft where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing that no - one is going to see it.»

She has also written several bestselling books of nonfiction, including, Operating Instructions, an account of life as a single mother during her son's first year followed by Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son, and a writing guide: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.

Academy Award — winning filmmaker Freida Mock has made a documentary on Lamott, entitled Bird by Bird with Annie (1999).

Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott I just taught this book.

This may be one of the most entertaining books I've read on writing, aside from Bird by Bird.

Just take it bird by bird.

And hooray for our shared love of Bird by Bird.

She gave me the courage to become a writer myself, and when I was teaching creative writing in grad school, I taught Bird by Bird, her book on writing.

Bird By Bird, Anne Lamott The War of Art, Steven Pressfield The Tools, Phil Stutz and Barry Michels The Modern Library Writer's Workshop, Stephen Koch Still Writing, Dani Shapiro The Situation and the Story, Vivian Gornick Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg The Hero's Journey, Joseph Campbell

-- Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

«I started writing sophomoric articles for the college paper,» writes Anne Lamott in Bird By Bird.

Most Underlines, Highlights, and Dog - Ears: How Postmodernism Serves (My) Faith by Crystal Downing, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott

I was once asked in an interview to unpack this statement, to explain what is meant by «live the questions,» and I was surprised to find that my mind immediately jumped to the writing process, specifically to another favorite quote, this from Anne Lamott in her excellent book, Bird by Bird.

Additional resources: Elizabeth Gilbert's TED Talk about nurturing creativity, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott.

Anne Lamott is the New York Times best - selling author of Some Assembly Required, Bird by Bird and Traveling Mercies, as well as several novels.

«Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people,» wrote Anne Lamott in Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life.

Not exact matches

The bill, which is backed by Bird, would allow scooters to be ridden on sidewalks unless local municipalities explicitly pass a law preventing it and only require riders under 18 to wear helmets.

Birds and planes, alike, fight gravity by manipulating the air molecules around them.

Rovio just has to hold on until 2016, when a feature film inspired by Angry Birds will hit theatres.

Bluebeam's creative director, Jon Setzen, is mildly creeped out by birds.

The company managed to get not two but three birds with one mobile stone by launching an app for last - minute deals.

Any experienced retailer with a bird's - eye view of my first six months at Michaels might have wondered if we'd still be open by the year's end.

Large poultry producers have been caught off guard by a disease that has killed almost 50 million birds.

A Faccenda spokesman told The Times that an «external vet» was sent to the farm to investigate workers kicking chickens and approved it, described by the spokesman as «shepherding» birds out of the way.

There's Hellraiser «s Pinhead, standing in for Pinterest; there's The Birds» Tippi Hedren being attacked by a flock of Twitter logos; and of course American Psycho's murderous investment banker Patrick Bateman, professionally creeping on LinkedIn.

Bird has raised $ 115 million to date, including a $ 100 million round led by Valor Equity Partners and Index Ventures that it announced last month.

«A real bird's eye video,» said Lukas Karasek, the Slovakian whose GoPro camera was briefly carried off by this ambitious avian.

In all, Rovio hopes that by the summer, the birds will reach 100 million players, both on and off the phone.

By October the bank's efforts had ended, and by November 23 Rovio revealed that its marketing costs — which had included a full promotional campaign featuring neon billboards, full - page newspaper spreads, and bus ads with company's trademark scowling birds — had soareBy October the bank's efforts had ended, and by November 23 Rovio revealed that its marketing costs — which had included a full promotional campaign featuring neon billboards, full - page newspaper spreads, and bus ads with company's trademark scowling birds — had soareby November 23 Rovio revealed that its marketing costs — which had included a full promotional campaign featuring neon billboards, full - page newspaper spreads, and bus ads with company's trademark scowling birds — had soared.

The first Little Birds to enter service with the 160th were actually OH - 6A Cayuses, small helos that were already on their way out of the Army and National Guard by the time SOAR was created.

Cage - free systems give hens more room to move around but also result in higher feed costs, lower egg production per bird, increased cannibalism among the flock and greater vulnerability to diseases, according to a report by agricultural consultant Promar International.

On the second day of South by Southwest Interactive hoards of hungover techies and early birds streamed into the Hilton Austin to hear marketing expert and Wharton School professor Jonah Berger.

The Bird - Erving match - up is an exam ple of a new type of computer game being developed by Electronic Arts and other innovative game - and - educational - software companies.

A chilled chicken sample from China found containing a bird flu virus was sold by a Hong Kong vendor, SCMP reports.

It puts to mind what Reed Hastings said, that to be an entrepreneur «you have to feel like you can jump out of an airplane because you're confident that you'll catch a bird flying by.»

With increased clout, and broadcasters desperate to get content and ads to us, expect even more of these deals by the little blue bird.

Bird is already hitting some regulatory challenges as it hopes to expand across 50 U.S. markets by the end of 2018.

Aimed squarely at the bird is the Phantom, a camera originally invented for ballistics research that can produce ultra-slow motion video by shooting at about 4,000 frames per second.

By aligning your business or brand with a YouTube creator whose following matches your target demographic, you can knock off multiple birds — content creation, audience alignment and a high - profile endorsement — with one stone.

Also, if your product or service can «kill two birds with one stone» by satisfying more than one need (or want) in their life, they will be more apt to do business with you.

«So, when he places all the rings on the toy for the first time, it rewards him by showing him a picture of a bird that he noticed through the window earlier that day.»

You'll know you're in your work profile by the purple background (your personal one is blue), as well as by the absence of any frivolous apps, like Angry Birds.

After Flappy Bird was inexplicably removed from app stores by its developer over the weekend, the free game has now resurfaced on eBay to the tune of $ 99,900.

Lake Charles, Louisiana, chef Kevin Hester took the licensing approach with his Cajun Chickcan, a wire caddy he designed to solve the problem of beer can chicken recipes run amuck by the cooking bird's toppling tendencies.

Although its current license plate features a minimalistic rendering of the state capitol building, Nebraska's plates were more colorful until 2016, when they were enlivened by the warm tones of the state bird and flower (the western meadowlark and goldenrod, respectively).

Increase social and be social: When you're creating cool stuff, kill two birds with one stone by making that «stuff» inherently social.

For the birding hobbyist: Handcrafted by a small workshop in France, this Town Bird Call Set ($ 50) comes with two wooden calls that duplicates the songs of wild birds.