{"product_id":"9781451641264","title":"The True Secret of Writing: Connecting Life with Language","description":"Sit. Walk. Write. These are the barest bones of Natalie Goldberg’s revolutionary writing and life practice, which she presents here in book form for the first time. A whole new slant on writing that she developed since the publication of her classic \u003ci\u003eWriting Down the Bones, \u003c\/i\u003eTrue Secret workshops have been limited until now to small, intensive groups at a remote center in the rural Southwest. In \u003ci\u003eThe True Secret of Writing, \u003c\/i\u003eGoldberg makes this popular seminar available to any reader. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe True Secret is for everyone, like eating and sleeping. It allows you to discover something real about your life, to mine the rich awareness in your mind, and to ground and empower yourself. Goldberg guides you through your own personal or group retreat, illuminating the steps of sitting in silent open mind, walking anchored to the earth, and writing without criticism. Just as Goldberg cuts through her students’ resistance with her no-nonsense instruction—“Shut up and write”—the True Secret cuts to the core of realizing yourself and your world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe capstone to forty years of teaching, \u003ci\u003eThe True Secret of Writing \u003c\/i\u003eis Goldberg’s Zen boot camp, her legacy teaching. Stories of Natalie’s own search for truth and clarity and her students’ breakthroughs and insights give moving testament to how brilliantly her unique, tough-love method works. Beautiful homages to the work of other great teachers and observers of mind, life, and love provide further secrets and inspiration to which readers will return again and again. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn her inimitable way, Goldberg will inspire you to pick up the pen, get writing, and keep going. \u003ci\u003eThe True Secret of Writing \u003c\/i\u003ewill help you with your writing—and your life.","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140572102896,"sku":"9781451641264","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781451641264_p0.jpg?v=1763837383","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781451641264","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}