We are once again partnering with the Almonte Writers Guild to present our Writing Craft Book Club!

Join us on May 4th to discuss Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within by Natalie Goldberg.

This meeting will be held online via Google Meet - Monday, May 4th, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.

Widely considered the all-time best-selling writer's handbook, first published in 1986 Writing Down the Bones brings together writing and Zen mediation.

With insight, humour, and practicality, Natalie Goldberg inspires writers and would-be writers to take the leap into writing skillfully and creatively. She offers suggestions, encouragement, and solid advice on many aspects of the writer's craft: on writing from "first thoughts" (keep your hand moving, don't cross out, just get it on paper), on listening (writing is ninety percent listening; the deeper you listen, the better you write), on using verbs (verbs provide the energy of the sentence), on overcoming doubts (doubt is torture; don't listen to it)—even on choosing a restaurant in which to write. Goldberg sees writing as a practice that helps writers comprehend the value of their lives. The advice in her book, provided in short, easy-to-read chapters with titles that reflect the author's witty approach ("Writing Is Not a McDonald's Hamburger," "Man Eats Car," "Be an Animal"), will inspire anyone who writes—or who longs to.