You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must l — Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
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You want to avoid at all costs drawing your characters on those that already exist in other works of fiction. You must learn about people from people, not from what you read. Your reading should confirm what you’ve observed in the world.

— Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
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