I found this text off of the required reading list for my first class in my MFA program. And holy shit was it a good introduction.

If you’re a writer or you want to be one, do yourself a favor and grab a copy. I listened the audio in tandem with the paperback and I highly recommend you do the same.

The audio is amazing and you’ll want something to annotate. I mean, look at the tabs. I’ve never tabbed or annotated a book before.

Oh and I also binged this in four days. It’s very good and written as a conversation, as if you have a seat in Anne Lamott’s workshop. And it’s real.

She’s not going to blow smoke up your ass like other writing books I’ve seen.

(Also: if you’re a chronically anxious writer, this is an ode to us.)

I learned: