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Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life by Natalie Goldberg
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Wild Mind: Living the Writer's Life

by Natalie Goldberg

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An inspiring work on learning to let go of your ego, hesitation, and anxiety and just write. It may offend readers who want honest, clear advice, and rightly so, it places value on feeling your way through writing, not on technique. Obviously this is only a piece of the puzzle, but it is a vital piece. ( )
  mr.lewis | May 27, 2009 |
Like its predecessor, Writing Down the Bones, this is a short-chapter format how-to book that blends storytelling, self-reflection, cheerleading and suggested writing exercises. Very affirming and exciting way to learn the craft of writing. ( )
  kathycrabb | Oct 21, 2008 |
Finished Wild Mind by Natalie Goldberg today on the bus ride home. And I'm counting it as Book #8 for the year even though it's a reread. The last time I read it was before we moved to AZ and perhaps even before I met Eric. When I read it the first time, it seemed a pale version of Writing Down the Bones. I couldn't see how it was different from Bones, just inferior. Of course, that was long ago in my writing career before I began to write novels, before I began to worry about defining success. It speaks to me more now that I have several unpublished books behind me. And it's gotten me back to free writing. Just writing by hand to be mellow with the writing, not to sweat it. I want to continue with the free writing, and reread some of the other writing books I have laying around.
  katen | Jul 12, 2007 |
Again, I may not be in sync with Natalie's Zen beliefs, but I love most of the TRY THIS exercises in this book. Her ideas will spark your own! ( )
  ChuckB | Dec 4, 2006 |
i haven't read this yet. i think i might be afraid that i'll run off and start calling myself a writer.
  heidilove | Dec 19, 2005 |
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Natalie Goldberg, author of the bestselling  Writing Down The Bones, 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."



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.



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.



Wild  Mind will change your way of writing. It  may also change your life.

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