Writing Down the Bones Freeing the Writer Within

Name: Writing Down the Bones Freeing the Writer Within
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ISBN: 9780877733751

ISBN-10: 0877733759

ISBN-13: 9780877733751

Edition: 1986

Authors: Natalie Goldberg, Robert M. Pirsig

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A splendid combination of Zen wisdom and down-to-earth advice about writing.

Book details

List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/12/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 171
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Preface	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Beginner's Mind, Pen and Paper	p. 5
First Thoughts	p. 8
Writing as a Practice	p. 11
Composting	p. 15
Artistic Stability	p. 18
A List of Topics for Writing Practice	p. 21
Fighting Tofu	p. 25
Trouble with the Editor	p. 28
Elkton, Minnesota: Whatever's in Front of You	p. 29
Tap the Water Table	p. 32
We Are Not the Poem	p. 34
Man Eats Car	p. 36
Writing Is Not a McDonald's Hamburger	p. 39
Obsessions	p. 42
Original Detail	p. 45
The Power of Detail	p. 47
Baking a Cake	p. 50
Living Twice	p. 53
Writers Have Good Figures	p. 55
Listening	p. 57
Don't Marry the Fly	p. 60
Don't Use Writing to Get Love	p. 62
What Are Your Deep Dreams?	p. 65
Syntax	p. 67
Nervously Sipping Wine	p. 72
Don't Tell, but Show	p. 75
Be Specific	p. 77
Big Concentration	p. 79
The Ordinary and Extraordinary	p. 81
Talk Is the Exercise Ground	p. 84
Writing Is a Communal Act	p. 86
One Plus One Equals a Mercedes-Benz	p. 89
Be an Animal	p. 90
Make Statements and Answer Questions	p. 93
The Action of a Sentence	p. 95
Writing in Restaurants	p. 98
The Writing Studio	p. 103
A Big Topic: Eroticism	p. 105
A Tourist in Your Own Town	p. 108
Write Anyplace	p. 110
Go Further	p. 112
Engendering Compassion	p. 114
Doubt Is Torture	p. 117
A Little Sweet	p. 119
A New Moment	p. 120
Why Do I Write?	p. 122
Every Monday	p. 126
More About Mondays	p. 128
Spontaneous Writing Booths	p. 130
A Sensation of Space	p. 133
A Large Field to Wander In	p. 136
The Goody Two-Shoes Nature	p. 140
No Hindrances	p. 144
A Meal You Love	p. 147
Use Loneliness	p. 149
Blue Lipstick and a Cigarette Hanging Out Your Mouth	p. 151
Going Home	p. 152
A Story Circle	p. 156
Writing Marathons	p. 160
Claim Your Writing	p. 164
Trust Yourself	p. 167
The Samurai	p. 169
Rereading and Rewriting	p. 172
I Don't Want to Die	p. 177
Epilogue	p. 179
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