Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

Inhaltsverzeichnis des Buches

• Foreword by Julia Cameron
• Foreword by Bill Addison
• Preface to the Thirtieth Anniversary Edition
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Introduction
• Beginner’s Mind, Pen and Paper
• First Thoughts
• Writing as a Practice
• Composting
• Artistic Stability
• A List of Topics for Writing Practice
• Fighting Tofu
• Trouble with the Editor
• Elkton, Minnesota: Whatever’s in Front of You
• Tap the Water Table
• We Are Not the Poem
• Man Eats Car
• Writing Is Not a McDonald’s Hamburger
• Obsessions
• Original Detail
• The Power of Detail
• Baking a Cake
• Living Twice
• Writers Have Good Figures
• Listening
• Don’t Marry the Fly
• Don’t Use Writing to Get Love
• What Are Your Deep Dreams?
• Syntax
• Nervously Sipping Wine
• Don’t Tell, but Show
• Be Specific
• Big Concentration
• The Ordinary and Extraordinary
• Talk Is the Exercise Ground
• Writing Is a Communal Act
• One Plus One Equals a Mercedes-Benz
• Be an Animal
• Make Statements and Answer Questions
• The Action of a Sentence
• Writing in Restaurants
• The Writing Studio
• A Big Topic: Eroticism
• A Tourist in Your Own Town
• Write Anyplace
• Go Further
• Engendering Compassion
• Doubt Is Torture
• A Little Sweet
• A New Moment
• Why Do I Write?
• Every Monday
• More About Mondays
• Spontaneous Writing Booths
• A Sensation of Space
• A Large Field to Wander In
• The Goody Two-Shoes Nature
• No Hindrances
• A Meal You Love
• Use Loneliness
• Blue Lipstick and a Cigarette Hanging Out Your Mouth
• Going Home
• A Story Circle
• Writing Marathons
• Claim Your Writing
• Trust Yourself
• The Samurai
• Rereading and Rewriting
• I Don’t Want to Die
• Epilogue
• Afterword: An Interview with the Author
• Notes
• Natalie Goldberg in Her Own Voice
• Credits
• E-mail Sign-Up