School Lunch

In her book Bird by Bird, Anne Lamott says she keeps a tiny, one-inch picture frame by her desk to remind her to focus on short assignments, to remember that she only has to write what she could see through that one, tiny frame. When writing seems like a gargantuan, impossible task, remember to start small. You don't have to write something huge, important, or even good. You just have to write something. Just let some words come out.

Here's something Lamott suggests to her students: write about lunches for half an hour.