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"I stood there very shy and self-conscious and pleased. Then I said, 'Do you think it makes my hips look too big?' and she said to me slowly, 'Annie? I really don't think you have that kind of time.'"

"I worry that Jesus drinks himself sleep when he heard me talk like this."

"A big heart is both a cluncky and a delicate thing; it doesn't protect itself and it doesn't hide. It stands out, like a baby's fontanel, where you can se the soul pulse through. You can see this pulse in them now."

A writers advice on how to get writing, written like a writer would. Poetic and personal, Anne Lamott’s voice is human. Don’t expect point form tips and top ten habits on how to write your first novel. Rather, her tips are woven into storied anecdotes and simple dialogue, taking the reader on a journey of writer’s agonies and how she found ways to push through them.