Anne Lamott discussing writing

Anne Lamott wrote one of the best books I know about the writing life and process. It's called Bird by Bird. This week, we're discussing one of her chapters, "Shitty First Drafts." I usually assign this piece because it's good to remind writers that no one gets it right the first time, the second time, the third time. Writing is difficult, and anyone who says differently is full of it (or a bad writer). The main challenge of writing is sitting down every day and giving the time to the page, the screen, the whatever you use to get your thoughts down. The second hardest part of writing is revision, but we'll get to that later.

Here's a short video excerpt of her discussing process. I just love her weirdness and honesty.

http://bigthink.com/videos/a-writing-teachers-favorite-writing-exercises