How Bestselling Author Natalie Goldberg Writes

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Bestselling author and teacher, Natalie Goldberg, spoke to me about igniting a revolution with Writing Down the Bones, meeting creative block in a cemetery, and her latest, WRITING ON EMPTY: A Guide to Finding Your Voice. Natalie Goldberg is a poet, teacher, author, painter, and 24-year student of Zen Buddhism who teaches writing workshops based on the methods presented in her popular bestseller Writing Down the Bones. The book has sold over a million copies and has been translated into 14 languages. Her latest is Writing on Empty: A Guide to Finding Your Voice, where the author “... shares her inspiring personal journey out of a devastating period of writer’s block and back into a life of growth, creativity, and healing.” Described as a guide to “… discovering how to write through the emptiness in order to fill up the world with compassion, healing, and renewed liveliness.” Publishers Weekly praised it as "... a refreshingly honest look at the struggles of the creative mind." [Discover The Writer Files Extra: Get 'The Writer Files' Podcast Delivered Straight to Your Inbox at writerfiles.fm] [If you’re a fan of The Writer Files, please click FOLLOW to automatically see new interviews. And drop us a rating or a review wherever you listen] In this file Natalie Goldberg and I discussed:  How her Zen practice informs her work Her early life as a poet When New York publishers made fun of her, at their peril Why she hates the diagnosis “writer’s block” Finding catharsis in writing a personal history And a lot more! Show Notes: NatalieGoldberg.com Writing on Empty: A Guide to Finding Your Voice by Natalie Goldberg (Amazon) Natalie Goldberg Amazon Author Page Natalie Goldberg on Facebook Kelton Reid on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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