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Inside The Cover
Book Reviews
Review by Bernadette Geyer  Writing
Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within
By Natalie Goldberg
Shambhala Publications
October, 1986
171 pages
Amazon.com price: $10.36
Natalie Goldberg's Writing
Down the Bones is a terrific book for
writers and poets, whether they are in need of inspiration or not.
Writing Down the Bones is a collection of essays on what it means to be a 'writer,' ideas for jump-starting your creativity, workshop-type exercises for the uninspired, and supportive guidance for the unmotivated.
For example, the chapter titled
"Composting" helps writers to realize that although they may be
going through an unproductive period, ideas and experiences can and are being
'composted' for later use. The chapter "Doubt is Torture"
talks about the negative arguments writers use to discourage themselves from
writing, and how they can break free of the doubt.
Writing Down the Bones mixes personal vignettes, helpful hints, and a dose of zen dogma to provide a humorous how-to for both the novice and experienced writer. While much of the advice is common sense, Goldberg manages to present it in a fresh way.
This book should be on the shelves of every writer.
If you know a writer who's going through a slow period, buy one for them as
well. Maybe they'll even thank you -- in writing!
Also by Goldberg -- Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life, Living Color: A Writer Paints Her World, Banana Rose, Cultivating the Mind of Love, Long Quiet Highway: Waking Up in America, The Well of Creativity, Writing the Landscape of Your Mind, Zen in America, and Chicken and In Love. Bernadette Geyer is a poet and writer living in Arlington, Virginia. She's the author of the poetry collection "What Remains" (Argonne House Press, 2001) and editor of the monthly "berniE-zine: Book Reviews & More" web zine. Geyer is a poetry editor for WordWrights magazine, and assistant director of the annual Washington Prize poetry book competition, sponsored by The Word Works. Her web sites are http://bernadettegeyer.homestead.com and http://rantsravesreviews.homestead.com. |
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