Keep Your Hand Moving

By Samantha M.

    The book Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg, is a very useful teaching tool on how to become a better writer. The author gives helpful tips for writing and how to train yourself to be a writer. There are many references in the book that tell the importance of writing confidently and fluidly, and how to do that. She says to not stop for corrections, but rather to "keep your hand moving." She also says it is important to write down your thoughts and ideas as they come to you, because you may lose a thought, but you will always have the chance to go back and edit one if it is written down. In the end, Goldberg gives the advice of going back and editing when you have finished, to remove bits and pieces of your story, to make a solid a piece of work.

    This book was very well written and gave me useful tips that I can transfer into later works. I found it to be helpful, and intelligently delivered. I would recommend this book to anyone who is thinking of, or who has just started out writing, or even to someone who seeks to simply improve their writing. Over all, this book is worth the read.