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Some Instructions on Writing and Life


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Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0385480016    
Release Date: 1995-09-01

List Price: USD 13.95     Paperback

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Book description:

"Thirty years ago my older brother, who wasten years old at the time, was trying to get areport on birds written that he'd had three months towrite. It was due the next day. We were out at ourfamily cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchentable close to tears, surrounded by binder paperand pencils and unopened books on birds,immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then myfather sat down beside him, put his arm around mybrother's shoulder, and said, 'Bird by bird, buddy.Just take it bird by bird.'"

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