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Table of Contents for Writing Down the Bones
Preface xi Introduction 1 Beginner's Mind, Pen and Paper 5 First Thoughts 8 Writing as a Practice 11 Composting 15 Artistic Stability 18 A List of Topics for Writing Practice 21 Fighting Tofu 25 Trouble with the Editor 28 Elkton, Minnesota: Tap the Water Table 32 We Are Not the Poem 34 Man Eats Car 36 Writing Is Not a McDonald's Hamburger 39 Obsessions 42 Original Detail 45 The Power of Detail 47 Don't Use Writing to Get Love 62 What Are Your Deep Dreams? 65 Syntax 67 Big Concentration 79 The Ordinary and Extraordinary 81 Talk Is the Exercise Ground 84 Writing Is a Communal Act 86 One Plus One Equals a Mercedes-Benz 89 Be an Animal 90 Make Statements and Answer Questions 93 The Action of a Sentence 95 Writing in Restaurants 98 The Writing Studio 103 A Big Topic: Eroticism 105 A Tourist in Your Own Town 108 Write Anyplace 110 Go Further 112 Engendering Compassion 114 Doubt Is Torture 117 A Little Sweet 119 A New Moment 120 Why Do I Write? 122 Every Monday 126 More About Mondays 128 Spontaneous Writing Booths 130 A Sensation of Space 133 A Large Field to Wander In 136 The Goody Two-Shoes Nature 140 No Hindrances 144 A Meal You Love 147 Use Loneliness 149 Blue Lipstick and a Cigarette Going Home 152 A Story Circle 156 Writing Marathons 160 Claim Your Writing 164 Trust Yourself 167 The Samurai 169 Rereading and Rewriting 172 I Don't Want to Die 177
Epilogue 179 Afterword: An Interview with the Author 181 Natalie Goldberg in Her Own Voice Notes 197
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