On Reading Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

By Donald L. Williams Ed.D.

Rebekah Parish
Great Plains Review

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“Dapper” by Valerie Weis (Sterling College)

So you want to write?
Write always, about your life,
Sadness, joy, heartaches;
Keep on through dark days,
Loves found and lost, writer’s blocks,
Rejection letters;

The gift of writing
May expose your woundedness
But will let you heal —

Do you get published?
Maybe yes, maybe no, but
Your words still live on
Memoir or novel,
Short stories or articles,
Your voice, your style — WRITE

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