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Wild Mind

Living the Writer's Life

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Wild Mind

By: Natalie Goldberg
Narrated by: Natalie Goldberg
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 Writer, poet, and teacher Natalie Goldberg shows you how to unleash your "wild mind" - the true source of your creative power. In this crisp mix of memoir, teaching guide, nonfiction and poetry, Goldberg strips creativity to the essential mind that is "raw, full of energy, alive, and hungry." Natalie is compassionate, practical, and humorous. "Even if it's just a leg hanging out the window, she says, "write it down." Highlights include: provocative "try this" exercises to compel you into action, advice on 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. She'll also explore the larger vision of the writer's task: knowing when to take risks as a writer and a person, learning self-acceptance in life and art.©1990 Natalie Goldberg (P)1994 Writer's AudioShop Creativity Personal Development Words, Language & Grammar Writing & Publishing Inspiring Witty

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"Goldberg gets my hand moving again when writer's block grips it. Her method is my method: Lose the censor, free the writer in yourself." (Erica Jong)
"[It's] about accepting yourself, wherever you are, whatever you write." (Kate O'Neill, Sojourner)
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This is the first Natalie Goldberg book I have read and I can't wait to do so again. Natalie's ability to open your mind to possibilities, plant nuggets of knowledge and ideas into your brain is amazing. Her words are gold. I am looking forward to reading her other books.

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I'm feeling inspired to get over myself and write my book after years of not doing it. I must admit, the sound quality was poor and the narration was a difficult tone for me to listen to but I kept taking deep breaths to focus on the content and not the audio.

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