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A Pigeon Waddles into a Scene

A Pigeon Waddles into a Scene

One of my favorite pieces of writing advice comes from Ann Lamott in Bird by Bird. First drafts are incredibly hard to write and often lousy. She is more blunt: For me and most of the other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. In fact, the...

November 4, 2021 Evelyn Herwitz Ann Lamott, first drafts, Grub Street, pigeons 0 Comments
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