Natalie Goldberg expands her thinking about writing practice in her latest book, The True Secret of Writing. You may have heard these ideas before and may be familiar with her other books, Wild Mind and Writing Down The Bones. And it’s good to be reminded of “the basics” of freewrites. Helpful ideas for writing from Nat: Keep your hand moving. If you say you will write for ten minutes, twenty, an hour, keep your hand going. Not frantically, clutching the pen. But don’t stop. This is your chance to break through to wild mind, to the way you really think, see, and feel, rather than how you think you should think, see and feel. This does not mean you have to write orgasmic sex scenes smeared with butter to touch wild mind. You might end up writing about toast, your sore throat, your fingernail. But it will be alive, real….
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Natalie Goldberg’s Six Rules of Writing Practice
Natalie Goldberg’s Six Rules of Writing Practice from her books: Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind Keep your hand moving. Don’t cross out. Don’t worry about spelling, punctuation, or grammar. Lose control. Don’t think. Go for the jugular