If you want to write, or just discover yourself through writing, then you need to buy this book. It has literally changed the way I view writing, myself and the world. 'Writing Down the Bones' is not another writing book full of writing exercises, instead it discusses writing as breathing, posing the idea that to a writer, writing is as important as breathing. It is not something that can be picked up and put back down again at will, it is something that becomes part of you.

I borrowed this book from the library and it is the most worn book I've ever borrowed, and I can see why. I will be buying this book soon as there are so many sections I know I will want to read and read again. It is the first writing book I've ever read that actually got me to stop reading and start writing. It is the first book I've ever read that blurs the line between writing for oneself and writing to be published.

I totally understand why so many people recommend this book, and now I am one of them. Natalie Goldberg writes with a truth that is shocking to the system, yet feels so right that I was blind not to see it before. Every writer and artist needs this book.