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Writing down the bones : freeing the writer within / Natalie Goldberg ; forewords by Julia Cameron and Bill Addison.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Member Lounge Lounge PN145 .G64 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Goldberg, Natalie, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Goldberg, Natalie--Interviews.
- Goldberg, Natalie.
- Authorship.
- authorship.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction.
- interviews.
- exercise books.
- Problems and exercises
- Interviews
- Interviews.
- Problems and exercises.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 198 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- 30th anniversary edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colorado : Shambala, 2016.
- Summary:
- Presents advice on how to write creatively, discussing the importance of discipline and offering a series of writing exercises.
- Contents:
- Beginner's mind, pen and paper
- First thoughts
- Writing as a practice
- Composting
- Artistic stability
- A list of topics for writing practice
- Fighting tofu
- Trouble with the editor
- Elkton, Minnesota: whatever's in front of you
- Tap the water table
- We are not the poem
- Man eats car
- Writing is not a McDonald's hamburger
- Obsessions
- Original detail
- The power of detail
- Baking a cake
- Living twice
- Writers have good figures
- Listening
- Don't marry the fly
- Don't use writing to get love
- What are your deep dreams?
- Syntax
- Nervously sipping wine
- Don't tell, but show
- Be specific
- Big concentration
- The ordinaryand extraordinary
- Talk is the exercise ground
- Writing is a communal act
- One plus one equals a Mercedes-Benz
- Be an animal
- Make statements and answer questions
- The action of a sentence
- Writing in restaurants
- The writing studio
- A big topic: eroticism
- A tourist in your own town
- Write anyplace
- Go further
- Engendering compassion
- Doubt is torture
- A little sweet
- A new moment
- Why do I write?
- Every Monday
- More about Mondays
- Spontaneous writing booths
- A sensation of space
- A large field to wander in
- The goody two-shoes nature
- No hindrances
- A meal you love
- Use loneliness
- Blue lipstick and a cigarette hanging out of your mouth
- Going home
- A story circle
- Writing marthons
- Claim your writing
- Trust yourself
- The Samurai
- Rereading and rewriting
- I don't want to die
- Epilogue
- Afterword : An interview with the author
- Natalie Goldberg in her own voice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 198).
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Garrison fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781611803082
- 161180308X
- OCLC:
- 908517349
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