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A review by arielrichardson
Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg
3.0
I have had friends recommend this book to me for years. Finally, I have read it.
I really appreciated that you can read the book in any order. Each chapter is a vignette on a given aspect or approach to artmaking. A good deal of her advice about writing could be applied to other art forms. Her advice rang true, her strategies were helpful.
It took me a little while to get used to Natalie Goldberg's style and personality. I think ultimately her quirkiness frees up the reader to be quirky, and artistically free, along with her.
I really appreciated that you can read the book in any order. Each chapter is a vignette on a given aspect or approach to artmaking. A good deal of her advice about writing could be applied to other art forms. Her advice rang true, her strategies were helpful.
It took me a little while to get used to Natalie Goldberg's style and personality. I think ultimately her quirkiness frees up the reader to be quirky, and artistically free, along with her.