Thunder and lightning

cracking open the writer's craft

By Goldberg, Natalie

Publishers Summary:
"Drawings on her own experience as a writer and a student of Zen, Natalie shows you how to develop a structure or plot that preserves all the odd, kinky turns of your one-of-a-kind mind and captures the completely authentic way you see the world. She tells you how to "get out of the way" and let your characters take on their own life. She shows you how to create a field big enough to allow your wild mind to wander - and then gently direct its tremendous energy into whatever you want to write." "Here, too, is invaluable advice on how to overcome writer's block, how to deal with the fear of criticism and rejection, how to get the most from writing workshops and working with an editor, and how to learn from reading accomplished authors."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN
978-0-55309-528-9
Publisher
New York : Bantam Books, 2000.


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Library Journal

Reviewed on June 15, 2000

Fans of Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind will appreciate her latest pep talk for aspiring writers. A writing teacher who has a novel and two memoirs to her credit, Goldberg believes that the process of writing, like a thunderstorm, "manifests from nothing, changes everything and then is gone." One wonders how effective...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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