From the first week of RCWP, I thought I knew how I was going to respond to Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird. I struggled for two and a half weeks to force my original idea to fruition. I was trying to force something that was not to be. I was trying to persist to see my idea come to life. But, there comes a time in every writer's life where one must relinquish control and allow the ideas to flow. I have found my flow to respond to Lamott through a This I Believe essay. I have chosen to create a podcast so my voice as a writer stands out, but the written piece can be found below.