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One Continuous Mistake: Four Noble Truths for Writers Gail Sher pb
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- ISBN
- 9780140195873
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0140195874
ISBN-13
9780140195873
eBay Product ID (ePID)
318600
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
One Continuous Mistake : Four Noble Truths for Writers
Publication Year
1999
Subject
Style Manuals, Spiritual, General, Composition & Creative Writing
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Body, Mind & Spirit, Language Arts & Disciplines, Self-Help
Series
Compass Ser.
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
6.3 in
Item Weight
5.6 Oz
Item Length
38.2 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
98-036537
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
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UP
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: A Writing "Habit" Exercise: Writing Zazen 1. Four Noble Truths for Writers 2. Pointing Directly at Your Own Heart, You'll Find Buddha 3. Single-Minded Effort 4. Grandmother's Fingerpointing 5. A Writing "Habit" 6. Waves of the Sea Belong to the Sea 7. Writing Posture 8. The Kiss of the Asp 9. The Writer's Middle Way 10. Distractions Part II: Like Jesus, It's From God. And From You. Exercise: Writing Kinhin 11. Stay-at-Home Days 12. Fleeting Thoughts 13. Books Read Us 14. Reading Supports Writing--But Watch Out! 15. Bleached-Bone Simplicity 16. Ode to a Drawer 17. The Rubbery Time of Revision 18. One Continuous Mistake 19. Like Jesus, It's From God. And From You. 20. Ping! 21. Five Pillars of Writing Part III. The Lesson of Little Red Riding Hood Exercise: Sneaking Up On Your Mind 22. Tigers in the Lowland 23. Invisible Practice 24. The Gentle Cycle 25. Writer's Block: The Magic Mountain 26. Writer's Anorexia: The Abuse of Creative Power 27. The Lesson of Little Red Riding Hood 28. Writing Parents Part IV. Beauty Plus Pity Exercise: Watching the Mind 29. If I Think About Myself, Does That Mean I'm Selfish? 30. Writer-Jock 31. Writing and "Right" Livelihood 32. Who Is Writing Better Vedas? 33. Ripples on the Surface of the Water 34. Art Is Theft, Art Is Armed Robbery, Art Is Not Pleasing Your Mother 35. Beauty Plus Pity 36. A Button and a Few Bones 37. Life Is Not Killed Part V. A Word Is a Charged Situation Exercise: Mot Juste 38. Huckleberry "K" 39. Tibetan English 40. The Told Story 41. Art for Life's Sake 42. The Look of a Voice 43. Grasp the Thing, Words Will Follow 44. Wild by Law Part VI. "No, No--Poetry Is Serious! Zen Is Not Serious." Exercise: Silence Is Not Silence Is Not Silence 45. The Gospel According to This Moment 46. "Ashes Do Not Come Back to Firewood" 47. Lady Murasaki's Insight 48. Heron and I 49. Lean Words & Quietly 50. The Frida Kahlo Principle 51. An Angel in the House 52. Not Knowing 53. One World at a Time Appendices A. Guidelines for Beginning Writers of Haiku B. Your Reading Personality C. Your Learning Personality Notes Bibliography
Synopsis
Based on the Zen philosophy that we learn more from our failures than from our successes, One Continuous Mistake teaches a refreshing new method for writing as spiritual practice. In this unique guide for writers of all levels, Gail Sher--a poet who is also a widely respected teacher of creative writing--combines the inspirational value of Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way with the spiritual focus of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind . Here she introduces a method of discipline that applies specific Zen practices to enhance and clarify creative work. She also discusses bodily postures that support writing, how to set up the appropriate writing regimen, and how to discover one's own "learning personality." In the tradition of such classics as Writing Down the Bones and If You Want to Write , One Continuous Mistake will help beginning writers gain access to their creative capabilities while serving as a perennial reference that working writers can turn to again and again for inspiration and direction., Based on the Zen philosophy that we learn more from our failures than from our successes, One Continuous Mistake teaches a refreshing new method for writing as spiritual practice. In this unique guide for writers of all levels, Gail Sher-a poet who is also a widely respected teacher of creative writing-combines the inspirational value of Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way with the spiritual focus of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind . Here she introduces a method of discipline that applies specific Zen practices to enhance and clarify creative work. She also discusses bodily postures that support writing, how to set up the appropriate writing regimen, and how to discover one's own "learning personality." In the tradition of such classics as Writing Down the Bones and If You Want to Write , One Continuous Mistake will help beginning writers gain access to their creative capabilities while serving as a perennial reference that working writers can turn to again and again for inspiration and direction.
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PN145.S46 1999
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