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    Writing down the bones : freeing the writer within / Natalie Goldberg.

    • Title:Writing down the bones : freeing the writer within / Natalie Goldberg.
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    • Author/Creator:Goldberg, Natalie.
    • Published/Created:Boston : Shambhala ; [New York] : Distributed by Random House, 1986.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Authorship.
    • Medical Subjects: Writing.
    • Edition:1st ed.
    • Description:xv, 171 pages ; 22 cm
    • Summary:A collection of essays in which the author explores methods of writing based on her experience in Zen meditation.
    • Notes:Bibliography: page 171.
    • ISBN:0877733759 (pbk.)
      9780877733751 (pbk.)
    • Contents:Writing is not a McDonald's hamburger
      Obsessions
      Original detail
      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
      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
      Action of a sentence
      Writing in restaurants
      Writing studio
      Big topic: eroticism
      Tourist in your own town
      Write anyplace
      Go further
      Engendering compassion
      Doubt is torture
      Little sweet
      New moment
      Why do I write?
      Every Monday
      More about Mondays
      Spontaneous writing booths
      Sensation of space
      Large field to wander in - Goody-two-shoes nature
      No hindrances
      Meal you love
      Use loneliness
      Blue lipstick and a cigarette hanging out your mouth
      Going home
      Story circle
      Writing marathons
      Claim your writing
      Trust yourself
      Samurai
      Rereading and rewriting
      I don't want to die.
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