Annie Lamott's Short Assignments

This piece was also easy to relate to. It helped a lot to know that professional writers get the same kind of instant writers block that comes when you first sit down to write an assignment. Almost every time I sit down to write something I end of sitting at the computer for a few minutes staring at the screen trying to figure out what the first thing I say should be. Lamott's advice is a really good idea. It is a lot easier to concentrate on one simple part of a story or character than to try to figure out how to tell the whole story at once.

I really like the way Lamott uses her own experiences and humor to help people become better writers. Instead of being really serious and talking... or writing down to people reading her book she lets her readers know that novice writers have the same problems that experienced writers have.