Anne Lamott offers some practical advice for aspiring writers.

In all honesty, this book is more of a pep talk and an assurance that your process of writing some absolutely awful and clunky work is normal. There are a few suggestions of writing practices, such as what the author calls "short assignments" that can help a writer break out of a block or get them started on a scene or character.

Even though this book isn't the step-by-step manual some may want (check out [a:Maggie Stiefvater|1330292|Maggie Stiefvater|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1587234813p2/1330292.jpg]'s writing workshop on vimeo if that's what you feel you need), it is full of beautiful moments that you can mine for your own writing. I wanted to make Anne a character in my story. Her witty banter is enchanting. The way her mind can squirrel from one image to the next, spiraling into the best form of madness is something I can both relate to and want to capture in my own writing.

There are almost as many quotable portions in this book as there are pages, so this book is definitely worth the read if you've ever found yourself wanting or needing to write for any purpose under the sun.