I don't think everyone wants to create the great American novel, but w…

Natalie Goldberg
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I don't think everyone wants to create the great American novel, but we all have a dream of telling our stories-of realizing what we think, feel, and see before we die. Writing is a path to meet ourselves and become intimate. ✨ Natalie Goldberg (2016). Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within, p.12, Shambhala Publications
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