From the Book - Second edition.
Beginner's Mind, Pen and Paper 5 --
Writing as a Practice 11 --
A List of Topics for Writing Practice 21 --
Trouble with the Editor 28 --
Elkton, Minnesota: Whatever's in Front of You 29 --
Tap the Water Table 32 --
We Are Not the Poem 34 --
Writing Is Not a McDonald's Hamburger 39 --
Writers Have Good Figures 55 --
Don't Marry the Fly 60 --
Don't Use Writing to Get Love 62 --
What Are Your Deep Dreams? 65 --
Nervously Sipping Wine 72 --
Don't Tell, but Show 75 --
Ordinary and Extraordinary 81 --
Talk Is the Exercise Ground 84 --
Writing Is a Communal Act 86 --
One Plus One Equals a Mercedes-Benz 89 --
Make Statements and Answer Questions 93 --
Action of a Sentence 95 --
Writing in Restaurants 98 --
A Big Topic: Eroticism 105 --
A Tourist in Your Own Town 108 --
Engendering Compassion 114 --
More About Mondays 128 --
Spontaneous Writing Booths 130 --
A Sensation of Space 133 --
A Large Field to Wander In 136 --
Goody Two-Shoes Nature 140 --
Blue Lipstick and a Cigarette Hanging Out Your Mouth 151 --
Claim Your Writing 164 --
Rereading and Rewriting 172 --
I Don't Want to Die 177 --
Afterword: An Interview with the Author 181 --
Natalie Goldberg in Her Own Voice 197.
From the Book - First edition.
Writing is not a McDonald's hamburger
Writers have good figures
Don't use writing to get love
What are your deep dreams?
Ordinary and extraordinary - Talk is the exercise ground
Writing is a communal act
One plus one equals a Mercedes-Benz
Make statements and answer questions
Spontaneous writing booths
Large field to wander in - Goody-two-shoes nature
Blue lipstick and a cigarette hanging out your mouth
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