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  Title

  Writing down the bones : freeing the writer within Second edition.

  Author

  Goldberg, Natalie.  

  Publisher:

  Shambhala,

  Pub date:

  2005.

  Description:

  xiv, 200 pages ;

  ISBN:

  9781590302613

  Item info:

  All copies checked out.
  

  Number of holds:

  1

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  Writing down the bones : freeing the writer within Second edition.
  Goldberg, Natalie.
  

  Personal Author:

  Goldberg, Natalie.

  Title:

  Writing down the bones : freeing the writer within / expanded with a new preface and interview with the author Natalie Goldberg.

  Edition:

  Second edition.

  Publication info:

  Boston : Shambhala, 2005.

  Physical descrip:

  xiv, 200 pages ; 22 cm

  Contents:

  Introduction -- Beginner's mind, pen and paper -- First thoughts -- Writing as practice -- Composting -- Artistic stability -- A list of topics for writing practices -- 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 ordinary and 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.

  Contents:

  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 your mouth -- Going home -- A story circle -- Writing marathons -- 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.

  Summary:

  Offers advice on writing creatively, discusses the importance of discipline, and suggests writing exercises.

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  Personal subject:

  Goldberg, Natalie--Interviews.

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  Authorship.