The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a work…

Anne Lamott
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The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about telling the truth. We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason they write so very little. But we do. We have so much we want to say and figure out. ✨ Anne Lamott (2007). Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, p.3, Anchor
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