{"id":10932,"date":"2021-09-27T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T14:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=10932"},"modified":"2021-09-26T19:15:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T02:15:26","slug":"i-knew-i-wanted-to-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/i-knew-i-wanted-to-write\/","title":{"rendered":"I knew I wanted to write . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Natalie Goldberg <\/a> The Art Of Writing Practice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy my early twenties, I knew I wanted to write and I knew I couldn\u2019t learn to do it through traditional writing classes. I had to begin with what I knew, something no one could tell me I was wrong about. And so, I studied my mind. As I wrote, I would discover things about my mind, how it would move, wander, settle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I began teaching writing from the inside out. Usually, writing teachers tell us what good writing is, but not how to get to it . . . in 1986 [when \u201cWriting Down The Bones\u201d was published] people were starving to write, but they didn\u2019t know how, because the way writing was taught didn\u2019t work for them. I think the idea of writing as a practice freed them up. It meant that they could trust their minds, that they were allowed to fail, and this helped them develop confidence in their own abilities. But that wasn\u2019t all, I also told readers, \u2018Pick up the pen, take out a watch, and keep your hand moving.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Excerpt from The Sun November 2003<\/a>, \u201cKeep The Hand Moving,\u201d by Genie Zeiger<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More about writing practice<\/a> from Natalie Goldberg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Join Writers Forum<\/a> on Saturday afternoons in October, 2021, to practice. Free on the Zoom platform. October 2, 9, 16, 23, 1-3 pm (PST).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#amwriting #justwrite #nataliegoldberg #practicewriting @freewriting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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