Bird by Bird True or False

1. What does Lamott compare broccoli to? -> Her first drafts
2. Why can what you write be like a lighthouse, in Lamott's view? -> The work may help others just by being there, like a lighthouse
3. Why does Lamott tell people to write about school lunches? -> Because she secretly wants all writers to add a food fight scene
4. Which vintage technology does Lamott use as a metaphor for the way a piece of writing slowly becomes clearer and more detailed over time? -> Polaroids
5. What is the last metaphor for writing in Bird by Bird? -> Laughing in a meadow

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