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Anne Lamott: Why Write–A Writing Workshop May 13, 2023

April 21, 2023

Rather randomly on a friend’s recommendation, I first heard Anne Lamott speak at a Santa Cruz area book store reading from Bird by Bird. And then I found her again reading from Operating Instructions at Book Passage in Corte Madera. In the time of COVID  of course she’s taken the show on the road and online with “Why Write, What to Write, and How to Write” Saturday, May 13th 2023 Online from 1:00-4:00pm PT for $75.  If you can’t attend live on zoom, a recording will be available for all who have purchased this class.

JIC you don’t know, Anne Lamott is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Hallelujah Anyway; Help, Thanks, Wow; Small Victories; Stitches; Some Assembly Required; Grace (Eventually); Plan B; Traveling Mercies; Bird by Bird; and Operating Instructions. She is also the author of seven novels, including Hard Laughter, Imperfect Birds and Rosie. A past recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an inductee to the California Hall of Fame, they report that Anne is a longtime friend of the Book Passage family.

Workshop Description from Anne Lamott:  Writing is hard, and the process mysterious. Why do we write when it can be so painstaking, and the voices in our heads say we’re kidding ourselves, and no one will want to read what we have written, and publication is a long shot? Why? Because we can’t not write. We don’t feel we are living up to something deep inside when we don’t get out stories, memories, and visions down on paper. And how do we even know where to start, and what to write, and how to write? These are some of the things I’ll be talking about in this workshop, as well as answering questions, and cheering you on.

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