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

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Publisher: Bantam
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780553347753 - ISBN-10: 0553347756
Publication Date: 10/1/1990
Pages: 256


Other Versions of this Book: Audio Cassette

Book Description:
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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Please Rate these Book Reviews

Barbara S. (MamaShine) wrote on 10/10/2008...


A must-have for new writers; helpful for more experienced folks. Great exercises to unleash creative instincts that may be shyly hanging back.

Meredith C. wrote on 1/24/2007...


An excellent book about the writing process and the writing life.

Ferne C. wrote on 7/9/2006...


Inspirational book for writers. Goldberg is good as usual.


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