Writing Down the Bones
Subtitle: Freeing the Writer Within
By: Natalie Goldberg.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Shambhala; Distributed by Random House
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Boston; [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
Subjects: Authorship
Notes: Bibliography: p. 171.
Table of contents: title: Foreword
pagenum: xi; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: xv; title: Introduction
pagenum: 1; title: Beginner's Mind, Pen and Paper
pagenum: 5; title: First Thoughts
pagenum: 8; title: Writing as a Practice
pagenum: 11; title: Composting
pagenum: 14; title: Artistic StabiHty
pagenum: 16; title: A List of Topics for Writing Practice
pagenum: 19; title: Fighting Tofu
pagenum: 23; title: Trouble with the Editor
pagenum: 26; title: Elkton, Minnesota: Whatever's in Front of You
pagenum: 27; title: Tap the Water Table
pagenum: 30; title: We Are Not the Poem
pagenum: 32; title: Man Eats Car
pagenum: 34; title: Writing Is Not a McDonald's Hamburger
pagenum: 36; title: Obsessions
pagenum: 38; title: Original Detail
pagenum: 41; title: The Power of Detail
pagenum: 43; title: Baking a Cake
pagenum: 45; title: Living Twice
pagenum: 48; title: Writers Have Cood Figures
pagenum: 50; title: Listening
pagenum: 52; title: Don't Marry the Fly
pagenum: 55; title: Don't Use Writing to Get Love
pagenum: 57; title: What Are Your Deep Dreams?
pagenum: 59; title: Syntax
pagenum: 61; title: Nervously Sipping Wine
pagenum: 66; title: Don't Tell, but Show
pagenum: 68; title: Be Specific
pagenum: 70; title: Big Concentration
pagenum: 72; title: The Ordinary and Extraordinary
pagenum: 74; title: Talk Is the Exercise Ground
pagenum: 77; title: Writing Is a Communal Act
pagenum: 79; title: One Plus One Equals a Mercedes-Benz
pagenum: 82; title: Be an Animal
pagenum: 83; title: Make Statements and Answer Questions
pagenum: 85; title: The Action of a Sentence
pagenum: 87; title: Writing in Restaurants
pagenum: 90; title: The Writing Studio
pagenum: 95; title: A Big Topic: Eroticism
pagenum: 97; title: A Tourist in Your Own Town
pagenum: 99; title: Write Anyplace
pagenum: 101; title: Go Further
pagenum: 103; title: Engendering Compassion
pagenum: 105; title: Doubt Is Torture
pagenum: 108; title: A Little Sweet
pagenum: 110; title: A New Moment
pagenum: 111; title: Why Do I Write?
pagenum: 113; title: Every Monday
pagenum: 117; title: More About Mondays
pagenum: 119; title: Spontaneous Writing Booths
pagenum: 121; title: A Sensation of Space
pagenum: 124; title: A Large Field to Wander In
pagenum: 127; title: The Goody-Two-Shoes Nature
pagenum: 131; title: No Hindrances
pagenum: 135; title: A Meal You Love
pagenum: 138; title: Use Loneliness
pagenum: 140; title: Blue Lipstick and a Cigarette Hanging Out Your Mouth
pagenum: 142; title: Going Home
pagenum: 143; title: A Story Circle
pagenum: 147; title: Writing Marathons
pagenum: 150; title: Claim Your Writing
pagenum: 154; title: Trust Yourself
pagenum: 157; title: The Samurai
pagenum: 159; title: Rereading and Rewriting
pagenum: 162; title: I Don't Want to Die
pagenum: 167; title: Epilogue
pagenum: 169; title: Notes
pagenum: 171