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by: Natalie Goldberg See Larger Image Used Price: $27.48 Third Party New Price: $8.50 Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 808.02 EAN: 9781590303160 ISBN: 1590303164 Label: Shambhala Manufacturer: Shambhala Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: January 10, 2006 Publisher: Shambhala Release Date: January 10, 2006 Sales Rank: 195903 Studio: Shambhala Related Items: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir BECOMING A WRITER see more Editorial Review: Product Description: For more than twenty years Natalie Goldberg has been challenging and cheering on writers with her books and workshops. In her groundbreaking first book, she brings together Zen meditation and writing in a new way. Writing practice, as she calls it, is no different from other forms of Zen practice—'it is backed by two thousand years of studying the mind.' This edition includes a new preface and an interview with the author. Amazon.com Review: Wherein we discover that many of the 'rules' for good writing and good sex are the same: Keep your hand moving, lose control, and don't think. Goldberg brings a touch of both Zen and well... *eroticism* to her writing practice, the latter in exercises and anecdotes designed to ease you into your body, your whole spirit, while you create, the former in being where you are, working with what you have, and writing from the moment. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within Natalie Goldberg published this book in 1985 to critical acclaim. Her teaching revolutionized how writing is taught in the US. "Writing without stopping," one of the basic tenants of her book, is breakthrough, opening, connecting to what is deepest in you. It allows you access to your own deepest knowing and frees not only the writer within; it frees the heart and soul and spirit of the writer. A great gift for yourself and others. Jamila Vicki Davies Rating: - Pointless fluff So what is it that Goldberg is trying to accomplish? Is she trying to convert people to zen? Is she a mouthpiece for Katagiri Roshi (whose name she brings up about every fifteen pages or so)? If she's trying to teach people how to write, she fails miserably. She takes a lot of time to say absolutely nothing and instead delivers common sense wrapped with pseudo-sagely drivel. The only redeeming feature? It proves that ANYONE can be published. Rating: - This is a wonderfully helpful book! I've recently read a wonderful example of fascinating memoir writing: That's How the Light Gets In: Memoir of a Psychiatrist by Susan Rako, M.D. The title comes from a song by Leonard Cohen: "There is a crack, a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." Rako's book is remarkably candid, insightful, and wonderfully well-written. It's a great read. The writing just flows. Rating: - Easy reading & helpful instructions This book has striaght forward instructions for the would be writer. I purchased it to give me incentive on how to journal, write in general and write an autobiography. Natalie Goldberg suggests everything from what type of pen to use to the kind of environment you may choose to surround yourself in while attempting to write. It is simple straight forward suggestions. Don't buy it, however, if you need technical information like how to footnote or set up your pages. It isn't that type of book. ... Read More Rating: - Book Was Okay But Don't Fork Out For A Class With Her! This book really inspired me to try my hand at writing and I was very impressed with the candidness and accessibility of the author's style. I'm sure like many others, it made me want to take a class with her in New Mexico. I spent a small fortune to do so, over a thousand dollars for a week long seminar. Save your money and stay home and just write. She is NOTHING like her books in person. She was a narscissitic, self-absorbed whiner, who spent exactly two hours a day in front of the class reading ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: Self-Help - Health, Mind & Body - 4-for-3 Books Store - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - General Self-Help - Health, Mind & Body - 4-for-3 Books Store - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - Creativity Publishing & Books - Reference - 4-for-3 Books Store - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - Authorship Writing - Reference - 4-for-3 Books Store - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - General 4-for-3 Books Store - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - All 4-for-3 Deals