Category Archives: freewriting
Art, craft, and the elusive self
I knew Dave Owen in another life—my Hoosier period—and since then he’s become an admired landscape painter in southern Indiana. In his thoughtful new blog post “With the Artist Added,” at David Owen Art Notes, Dave reflects on the nature … Continue reading
Filed under aesthetics, discovery, emotion, freewriting, NOTED, technique, working method
Writing by the ‘dangerous method’
“Frankly, I thought I knew how to write, but it turned out I didn’t, and I don’t. I don’t. I get to learn it over and over and over. It isn’t supposed to be easy. It is supposed to be … Continue reading
Filed under freewriting, revision, working method
Review: ‘Old Friend from Far Away’
Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir by Natalie Goldberg. Free Press. 309 pages Books on writing fall into two broad categories: how-to and inspirational. Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones is solidly in the latter tradition, … Continue reading
Filed under discovery, freewriting, memoir, REVIEW, spirituality, teaching, working method
