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Don't worry about what you're writing or whether it's good or even whether it makes sense.

Lauren Oliver

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Lauren Oliver
Age: 42
Born: 1982
Born: November 8
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Westchester County
New York
Good
Worry
Whether
Sense
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