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Anne Lamott: Put the puppy back on the paper

I’ve previously mentioned Bay-area writer Anne Lamott in the context of her fondness for index cards and her belief in the importance of capturing ideas at the moment they come to you (it’s something I also really believe in). It’s fun to hear her talk about this stuff, too. She has a discursive speaking style that’s, by turns, insightful, frustrating, and very funny.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been reading her book Bird by Bird a section or two at a time whenever I have a few minutes, and I have to say, it’s one of the most inspiring books I’ve read in a long time.
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You enjoyed On Writing Well? I’m currently reading “Writing to Learn” also by William Zinsser. It’s another great piece of writing.

“[…]that we write to find out what we know and what we want to say […]”

“[…]Writing and thinking and learning were the same process[…]”

Also, “Page after Page” is another great piece of writing by Heather Sellers.

About anonimity

The first time I opened a blog (may 2003, now closed, always ateleven though), I asked myself: anonimous or not?
I decided to be anonimous, like I’m still doing (no surname or other).
Why am I an anonimous blogger? Why there are so many anonimous bloggers?
Everybody has his motivations. The most frequent could be:
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Great post! I’m like you: real name but not the full one.

Personally it’s a question of adaptation. I never wrote of my whole life. I get my French courses and do as little as I needed.

Many questions rise: Is my work good? Do I want that my surrounding know that I’m writing. Do I want that people, around me, know all the things I think of?

This is an adaptation I decided to make and it’s going well. I started to blog 6 or 7 months ago and I done progress. I said to some of my best friends that I was writing on an “anonymous” web site.

It’s really a question of being discovered.

I don’t fear to associate my full name with all I wrote, because I believe in my ideas and thoughs; it’s… another question.

Months after months I open myself more and more and eventually I’ll probably became a full, non anonymous, blogger.

I’ll take another step in some days, check it out Max