Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg
Writing Down the Bones, Natalie Goldberg
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Writing Down the Bones
Freeing the Writer Within

Author: Natalie Goldberg

Narrator: Natalie Goldberg

Unabridged: 8 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/17/2007

Synopsis

Experience a modern classic on writing as you've never heard it before. With nearly one million copies of Writing Down the Bones in print, Natalie Goldberg has helped change the way writing is practiced in homes, schools, and workshops across America. Through her heartfelt personal reflections and her ingenious Zen-based exercises, Goldberg makes writing available to you as a tool for personal expression, self-exploration, and healing.

In this enhanced reading of her seminal work, Goldberg offers new commentary about the creative, spiritual, and practical dimensions of writing. Join her as she looks back on her life, sharing the story of how her meditation studies with Zen master Katagiri Roshi inspired her to develop practices for "writing down the bones": the essential, awakened speech of the mind. Here is a treasury of tested ideas, suggestions, and exercises that help new writers get started, and seasoned writers keep going. Includes an exclusive interview with the author available nowhere else.

About Natalie Goldberg

Natalie Goldberg is a poet, teacher, writer, and painter. A student of Zen Buddhism for 24 years, she trained intensively with Katagiri Roshi for 12 years, and is ordained in the Order of Interbeing with Thich Nhat Hanh. Natalie Goldberg teaches writing workshops nationally based on the methods presented in Writing Down the Bones. Her other books include Wild Mind; Long Quiet Highway; Banana Rose; and Living Color.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gabriel on August 12, 2011

For you poets out there, this book is for you. For those of you meant to write memoirs and light happy stories about light happy things, this book is for you. For those of you who want to write about things of no consequence that have some consequence - The Light Coming Through The Window, Your Favori......more

Goodreads review by Heather on May 25, 2018

Okay, this book is amazing. I feel that this will be one of those books that never stays on my bookshelf. I will too often be taking it down to read bits and pieces. Very inspiring.......more

Goodreads review by Tim on February 28, 2010

Having heard great praise for this book from several people I respect I had high hopes. Like many, I found it lacking. Golberg wrote a book not about writing but about using Zen to overcoming self doubt. I am sure this could be quite helpful to many prospective writers. Judging by the many positive......more

Goodreads review by Nicky on November 14, 2008

Reading Writing Down The Bones by Natalie Goldberg and Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott struck me as reading two very similar books from two distinct voices. Writing Down The Bones is a personal reflection on the craft and what works for Goldberg and might work for you. It's easy to digest, coming in sho......more

Goodreads review by Laurie on September 14, 2008

This book changed my life as a writer, a teacher of writing, and as an individual! I use this book currently in my high school Creative Writing I class. I read chapters to the students; we talk about what they might mean, and how the advice given could change their writing. I wasn't sure if this appr......more

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