Writing advice from Anne Lamott

Anne Lamott is known for her musings on grace and “Traveling Mercies,” but
she has no time for procrastination.
In a recent conversation at TED’s headquarters, Lamott offered 14 tips for writers to overpower excuses with creative
juices. Her first tip, to “set your sights small,” is an exhortation to
stiff-arm the enormity of the blank page.
“You don’t have to write a whole book on birds,” she says. “Just pick one
bird.”
Lamott then ad