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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.
Contributor:
Cameron, Julia, foreword.
Addison, Bill, foreword.
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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