false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174063971m/357464.jpg 357464 6 Natalie Goldberg, author of the bestselling  <i>Writing Down The Bones</i>, teaches a method  of writing that can take you beyond craft to the  true source of creative power: The mind that is  "raw, full of energy, alive and  hungry."<br><br><br><br>Here is compassionate, practical, and often  humorous advice about how to find time to write,  how to discover your personal style, how to make  sentences come alive, and how to overcome  procrastination and writer's block -- including more than  thirty provocative "Try this" exercises to  get your pen moving.<br><br><br><br>And here also  is a larger vision of the writer's task:  balancing daily responsibilities with a commitment to  writing; knowing when to take risks as a writer and a  human being; coming to terms with success and  failure and loss; and learning self-acceptance -- both  in life and art.<br><br><br><br><i>Wild  Mind</i> will change your way of writing. It  may also change your life. 943430 1 10 1990 Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life total:567|5:181|4:215|3:130|2:31|1:10| 567 2227 786 49 1 2 false false Fri Jun 01 11:57:33 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 01 11:57:33 -0700 2007
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She is for sure more spiritual than I am (she's pretty hardcore Buddhist), but I just sort of slide over the spiritual stuff. I really appreciate what she has to say about writing, especially the advice that if one wants to write, one should j...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=357464