Bird by Bird Book Club Schedule

Let’s Read!

It’s time to kick off our Writing Book Book Club! We’re starting with Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. I will post the chapter assignments at the beginning of the week, a midweek touchpoint question and then some discussion questions at the end of the week before posting the chapter assignments for the next week.

If you want to get ahead or plan your reading, the whole schedule is below. And if you want to start chatting, let us know what you’re excited about, why you decided to join, or your thoughts going into this book!

If you want to post your own thoughts or discussion questions throughout the week, feel free to comment here! To follow along and make sure you’re seeing all the discussion posts, just change the setting below this post so you are watching a post.

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Or, just make sure you’re checking back on the daily so you can stay up-to-date! Ok, here we go. The reading schedule is below. I can’t wait to hear what you all think!

Week 1: 2/9 - 2/15

  • Introduction
  • Getting Started
  • Short Assignments
  • Shitty First Drafts
  • Perfectionism
  • School Lunches
  • Polaroids

Week 2: 2/16-2/22

  • Character
  • Plot
  • Dialogue
  • Set Design
  • False Starts
  • Plot Treatments
  • How to know when you’re done

Week 3: 2/23 - 3/1

  • Looking Around
  • The Moral Point of View
  • Broccoli
  • Radio Station KFKD
  • Jealousy
  • Index Cards
  • Calling Around

Week 4: 3/2-3/8

  • Writing Groups
  • Someone to Read Your Drafts
  • Letters
  • Writer’s Block
  • Writing Present
  • Finding Your Voice
  • Giving
  • Publication
  • The Last Class

Happy Reading!

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I’ve already read this book but I get something different out of writing books every time I read them so I can’t wait to see what sticks out to me this time around.

I’m already underlining like crazy. I’ll post tomorrow to invite you to share any passages YOU’VE underlined!