
The True Secret of Writing
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Sit. Walk. Write. These are the barest bones of Natalie Goldberg's revolutionary writing and life practice, presented here in book form for the first time. The True Secret of Writing provides a whole new method of writing that Goldberg developed since the publication of her classic, Writing Down the Bones.
The capstone to forty years of teaching, The True Secret of Writing is Goldberg's Zen boot camp. Stories of her own search for truth and clarity as well as her students' breakthroughs and insights give moving testament to how brilliantly her unique, tough-love method works. As Goldberg says, "To write is to be empowered...Writing is not just for someone who wants to write the great American novel." Learning "the true secret" allows you to mine the rich awareness in your mind and to ground and empower yourself in a way that leads to deep, eloquent self-expression. Goldberg's beautiful homages to the work of other great teachers and observers of mind, life, and love provide further secrets and inspiration to which you will return again and again.
In her inimitable way, Goldberg will inspire you to pick up the pen, get writing, and keep going. The True Secret of Writing helps you with your writing?and your life.
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- Intro
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Part One: Basic Essentials: The Ground of Being
- Chapter 1: The Greatest Pleasure
- Chapter 2: Why Silence?
- Chapter 3: Meditation (Sitting)
- Chapter 4: Slow Walking
- Chapter 5: What Is Writing Practice?
- Chapter 6: Entry: The Opening Point
- Chapter 7: A Moment
- Chapter 8: Happiness
- Chapter 9: Some Determination
- Chapter 10: What Is Practice?
- Part Two: True Secret Retreat Essentials
- Chapter 11: Setting Up
- Chapter 12: Altar
- Chapter 13: Schedule
- Chapter 14: Orientation: First Day (Sitting), Bowing, Job List, Meals, Interviews
- Chapter 15: Dreams and Lying Down
- Chapter 16: Breaking Silence
- Chapter 17: Seven Attitudes of Mindfulness
- Part Three: Elaborations
- Chapter 18: At the Beginning
- Chapter 19: Story of Love
- Chapter 20: Kiss
- Chapter 21: Things to Draw
- Chapter 22: The List
- Chapter 23: Loving a Place
- Chapter 24: A Long Chapter on a Short Practice: A Week of Writing in a Café
- Chapter 25: Six-Word Memoir
- Chapter 26: Age
- Chapter 27: A Third Thing
- Chapter 28: Cynicism
- Chapter 29: Letting Go
- Part Four: Encounters and Teachers
- Chapter 30: Teachers
- Chapter 31: The Blazon
- Chapter 32: Wang Wei: Poetry, the One True Thing
- Chapter 33: Hemingway: What Is Not Said
- Chapter 34: Wendy: Hints of the South
- Chapter 35: Ikkyu: One Heart, Two Gates
- Chapter 36: Dogen: Write with the Whole Body
- Chapter 37: Gwen: Closing the Gap
- Chapter 38: Blue Chair: Creating Texture
- Chapter 39: Cannot Write This Alone
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1: Books Read for Retreats
- Appendix 2: Volunteer Jobs
- Permissions Acknowledgments
- Acknowledgments
- About Natalie Goldberg
- Copyright
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