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Read a lot, listen well and deeply, and write a lot. […]
If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you.

— Natalie Goldberg Writing Down the Bones (1986)

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The basic unit of writing practice is the timed exercise.

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You tell the truth and you depict it in detail.

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Writers move with grace in and out of many worlds.

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First of all, we looked for where there was energy.

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Use original detail in your writing. Life is so rich, if you can write down the real details of the way things were and are, you hardly need anything else.

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