How to avoid coping from the source Take notes as you read. Close your book or put away your source material. Write only from the notes you just took. If you are not sure,look at the source again just for a minute. Put the source away again and revise your writing.How to avoid coping from the source Take notes as you read. Close your book or put away your source material. 3 Write only from the notes you just took. 2 1 If you are not sure, look at the source again just for a minute. 4 Put the source away again and revise your writing. 5