
Natalie Goldberg has been writing about writing and teaching writing workshops for over four decades. Her best known book,
Writing Down the Bones, has sold over a million copies since its publication in 1986. Her signature combination of love, humor, Zen Buddhism, and tough-love "Shut up and write" motivational tactics are inspiring from a self-help perspective, regardless of whether or not you ever intend to set pen to paper. In
The True Secret of Writing, Goldberg chronicles her own students' breakthroughs and insights, giving moving testament to how brilliantly her unique, tough-love method works.