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Freeing the Writer Within

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An edition of Writing Down the Bones (1986)

Writing Down the Bones

Freeing the Writer Within

1st ed.

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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."

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Authorship, Interviews, Creative writing, Writing & editing guides, Language Arts & Disciplines, Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy, Reference, Composition & Creative Writing - General, Non-Classifiable, Kreativität, Literaturproduktion, Writing, Authorship, handbooks, manuals, etc., Self-realization

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Table of Contents

Foreword Page xi
Acknowledgments Page xv
Introduction Page 1 Beginner's Mind, Pen and Paper Page 5 First Thoughts Page 8 Writing as a Practice Page 11 Composting Page 14 Artistic StabiHty Page 16 A List of Topics for Writing Practice Page 19 Fighting Tofu Page 23 Trouble with the Editor Page 26 Elkton, Minnesota: Whatever's in Front of You Page 27 Tap the Water Table Page 30 We Are Not the Poem Page 32 Man Eats Car Page 34 Writing Is Not a McDonald's Hamburger Page 36 Obsessions Page 38 Original Detail Page 41 The Power of Detail Page 43 Baking a Cake Page 45 Living Twice Page 48 Writers Have Cood Figures Page 50 Listening Page 52 Don't Marry the Fly Page 55 Don't Use Writing to Get Love Page 57 What Are Your Deep Dreams? Page 59 Syntax Page 61 Nervously Sipping Wine Page 66 Don't Tell, but Show Page 68 Be Specific Page 70 Big Concentration Page 72 The Ordinary and Extraordinary Page 74 Talk Is the Exercise Ground Page 77 Writing Is a Communal Act Page 79 One Plus One Equals a Mercedes-Benz Page 82 Be an Animal Page 83 Make Statements and Answer Questions Page 85 The Action of a Sentence Page 87 Writing in Restaurants Page 90 The Writing Studio Page 95 A Big Topic: Eroticism Page 97 A Tourist in Your Own Town Page 99 Write Anyplace Page 101 Go Further Page 103 Engendering Compassion Page 105 Doubt Is Torture Page 108 A Little Sweet Page 110 A New Moment Page 111 Why Do I Write? Page 113 Every Monday Page 117 More About Mondays Page 119 Spontaneous Writing Booths Page 121 A Sensation of Space Page 124 A Large Field to Wander In Page 127 The Goody-Two-Shoes Nature Page 131 No Hindrances Page 135 A Meal You Love Page 138 Use Loneliness Page 140 Blue Lipstick and a Cigarette Hanging Out Your Mouth Page 142 Going Home Page 143 A Story Circle Page 147 Writing Marathons Page 150 Claim Your Writing Page 154 Trust Yourself Page 157 The Samurai Page 159 Rereading and Rewriting Page 162 I Don't Want to Die Page 167 Epilogue Page 169 Notes Page 171

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Bibliography: p. 171.

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Dewey Decimal Class
808/.02
Library of Congress
PN145 .G64 1986, PN145.G64 1986

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xv, 171 p. ;
Number of pages
171

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OL2718577M
Internet Archive
writingdownbones00goldrich
ISBN 10
0877733759
LCCN
86011840
OCLC/WorldCat
13642801
Library Thing
6968
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578518

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