Novel Blog Post #1 (Bird by Bird)

From even the first page I have really liked the conversational, story-telling style that the book is written in. When this assignment was first explained that we would be reading books about the writing process I think everyone gave a bit of a groan (mostly internal, some external) but I am enjoying it as much as any good novel that I've ever read. She recounts her childhood in a way that makes you want to keep just drinking the stories up. I guess it should be expected that a book about writing should be written well, but I suppose I was a bit of a skeptic. But every part is really well written. The descriptions of both characters and events are superb so far. I looking forward to the rest...