Making a Mess: Writing and Pooping

by Anne Heffron

This book is for anyone who thinks they can't write. This book is for the person who has stories inside but who feels stuck. This book is for anyone who wants to write but is afraid they can't. This book proves that if you can breathe, if you can poop (!), you can write.

31 pages, Paperback

Published July 24, 2020

About the author

Anne Heffron was born in Manhattan in 1964 to a young college student who gave her up for adoption. Fifty-one years later Anne returned to Manhattan to find the roots of her story, the story that began with her birth instead of the story that began "The day we got you." This journey is the subject of "You Don't Look Adopted", an account of the perils and blessings of adoption.

Before turning to memoir, Anne co-wrote the film "Phantom Halo" with her writing partner, Antonia Bogdanovich. "Phantom Halo" was first shown at the 2015 Austin Film Festival and won Best Picture at the 2015 New York International Film Festival. She and Antonia currently have a screenplay, "The Rabbit Will Die" in development.

Reviews

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Anne is my writing coach and her ability to cut through the BS and light a fire under me is both infuriating and incredibly gratifying. Her matter of fact way of encouraging you to dig to the deepest part of yourself is her greatest strength. This book is funny, simple, and to the point.