Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
by Natalie Goldberg
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Author: Natalie GoldbergEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-12-06
ISBN: 1590302613
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Shambhala
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- ISBN13: 9781590302613
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Summary of Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no different from other forms of Zen practice ?"it is backed by two thousand years of studying the mind."This new edition, which marks almost twenty years since the original book's publication, includes a new preface in which Goldberg expresses her trademark enthusiasm for writing practice, as well as a depth of appreciation for the process that has come with time and experience. Also included is an interview with the author in which she reflects on the relationship between Zen sitting practice and writing, the importance of place, and the power of memory.
Wherein we discover that many of the "rules" for good writing and good sex are the same: Keep your hand moving, lose control, and don't think. Goldberg brings a touch of both Zen and well... *eroticism* to her writing practice, the latter in exercises and anecdotes designed to ease you into your body, your whole spirit, while you create, the former in being where you are, working with what you have, and writing from the moment.
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