Write from My Heart: How Ordinary People Express Themselves Through Writing

This book really expresses the author's greatest respect for Teacher Katagiri. There are many "Teacher Katagiri said" throughout the book [laughing and crying] [laughing and crying] After reading it, I feel that all writing books cannot tell people who want to write how to write well. Most writers will tell you to just write according to your own ideas. I also don't agree with those who combine other people's language and then say it is what they wrote. To truly write from my heart is to write my own things, only in this way can one's writing style be formed. Writing does not matter where you are. Inspiration may come to you at any moment in your life, but it is often ignored by us. I think that even if I can't write anything or generate any income, this state of mind can already make life more fulfilling. In the past, I did have many reasons. I could stop writing for various reasons such as exams, graduation thesis, and job hunting. I could stop writing because of a bad mood, bad weather, poor health, and various unfavorable conditions to make myself give up the idea. This is what the author calls a monkey mind. Of course, there are other thoughts. For example, if others can't read it, what will happen if I write it, and it can't help me make money. These are just excuses. I'm not a very utilitarian person, so this kind of thinking is meaningless. I won't stop working just because of writing. There is no conflict between work and writing, just like making money and living are two different things. So, just write if you want to, and don't let distracting thoughts stop you. In a few years, you may be able to see a different version of yourself~

The methods in the book gave me confidence in writing. I don't know whether I can become a writer. However, even if it is just to remember my past days, I have to write down and make writing practice my daily routine. When the compost reaches a certain level, I will not believe that a beautiful flower cannot bloom in the soil I cultivated. Come on!

This book is not just about writing, but also about life philosophy and life wisdom. The author combines writing and spiritual practice, and shares the methods he found in writing to tame himself and release his soul. How to start writing? How to find themes? How to deal with avoidance and procrastination? How to break through the bottleneck? ... Guide readers to comprehensively explore their own lives through writing and re-focus on the details of life.

Each article is like prose, very comfortable to read, very brisk, and it is rare to find a masterpiece. It reminds me of when I was in high school, hiding under the covers, holding a flashlight, writing the small but unforgettable story of the world in my heart. Although so many years have passed, and I am living in a noisy society, when I am lonely, the small river and lake still breaks through the thick dust from time to time, shines brightly, and tells me of my unwillingness. Maybe, one day I will pick up the pen again. Although I will forget the words, I can just write!

Yesterday I made another diary after so many years (since the diary I wrote before was pulled out from under the pillow by relatives and read in public), after finishing writing, I felt relaxed and felt like I had been reborn. It turns out that doing what you like is so pleasurable. Yes, it is pleasure. I thought about it for a long time. How long have I been without pleasure? In fact, I can't even laugh anymore. Really calm down inside. I even thought that this would make me die, and I would have no regrets. Humans are such strange creatures. Three days ago, I wanted to die. I don't think about anything every day, I just want to die. I even felt disappointed when I woke up and found that I was still alive. Ah! How am I still alive? I thought I didn't wake up! This is the cycle every day. Until yesterday, I read this book. The deeply repressed thoughts deep inside me? Or emotions? It's an unfamiliar feeling. It has been suppressed for too long and cannot be described. But after I finished writing that diary, I burst into tears and couldn't help crying! How long has it been since you cried? When I met my father and said, "This is not your home, this is just your natal family, don't we say that you don't know it yourself?" I really felt sealed by this sentence. My whole body felt extremely uncomfortable due to the cold. Yes, as a married and divorced woman, this is no longer my home, I am just a guest! A guest without a home. After being a bookworm for so many years, it feels good to start writing again. You can write about yourself and what you see and hear, which makes people feel extremely relaxed. It also allowed me to be slowly healed by words, and I no longer wanted to die. Although it takes courage to live, death is too cowardly. Although escaping is shameful, it is useful. I can no longer comfort myself with this sentence. It's time to open your heart and go out!

This is a book that is very suitable for new writers. Writing is free. You can start from yourself and start your writing journey with a heart full of sympathy and mercy. You don't need to care about anything else during the journey. You only need to care about and trust your own heart. It will take you wherever you want to go. As long as you write and keep writing and write it into your bones, even if you don't get fame and royalties, at least you will get spiritual salvation and release. I think this is the biggest inspiration for me from this book. All you have to do is write. You have the freedom to write the worst work in the world. Please believe in yourself and keep writing! Finally, please remember to write something specific. Even the ants around you are worth writing about. Put yourself into the entire universe. We are related to everything in the world. We are not independent existences. Everything has its story!

Reading this book about writing will make you feel relaxed and happy. After reading it, it gave me the motivation to keep writing. It turned out to be confusing and confusing to me, and I wondered if this was what my life was like? The author has more say than I do. The important thing is that no matter how many different strategies we try, we never give up on making friends with writing. I like writing, as the author described, everything in the world can become something in your writing. Writing is like talking to another self in the mirror, saying what you want to say, writing what you think, don't be afraid of writing. As you write, spend a third of the page putting the words together as if you were moving the blocks. Don't try to write meaningful sentences, just focus on piecing them together; resist the urge, relax, and just write whatever you want. You will have to rewrite certain words to fill a third of the page. "If you feel that writing is not smooth and everything you write seems fake, then just write about food. Food is always real, and it is something that each of us remembers when we recall the past." People who write may be lonely, but the book "Writing My Heart" allows us to see a world full of great love in the heart and rich in spirit. The most important thing is that when you make up your mind to do something, whether it's writing or something else, just concentrate, focus, focus, and do it tirelessly.

Understand why the author writes, and why I, as a reader, am obsessed with words. It will be of great help to future readings. Ideologically, because I don't understand why I wrote these things, I can't have an in-depth discussion with the author. This is a regret in life. What could be more exciting than traveling through reading? It is a spiritual journey that takes you to many places and heals all regrets.

Finished reading The thoughts are complicated, which may be what the author refers to as a mental ape. I dare not fully immerse myself in writing my own voice because I am afraid of losing control. Do I really know what my true self is like? When you encounter a problem, it is easy to get distracted, look around, and not do your job. Because it is difficult, you don't want to continue to think of ways to solve it, and would rather do some irrelevant trivial matters. In the end, you will make an excuse to conclude that there are too many things and the problem cannot be solved. See, this is the bad nature of human beings. Currently, I am also writing my first novel. It started very suddenly, but surprisingly, I persevered and have written 210,000 words. I regularly set aside 1-2 hours to write every day, which I never dared to think about before. While reading this book and writing a novel, the author has a saying that I have been practicing: don't worry too much, just write. This is really what I do. If you think too much, you won't be able to write. Just let go and write, don't worry too much, write a little every day, and in a few months, you will finish the book. Of course, for the first novel, I didn't expect it to be very good. At least in the end, you persevered. Therefore, I really recommend this book. To a certain extent, this book allowed me to regain my childhood dream, the dream of writing novels. This dream has been on my mind for many years, deep in my heart. In the past, I just thought about it in my heart and never took any action, or it ended with just a few strokes and three minutes of enthusiasm. But this time, I knew it was different, something was breaking out from the bottom of my heart. Now is the time to start generating energy for your dreams. Believe in yourself, it's never too late.

Write with your heart, use writing to practice, focus on the present, and focus on the original idea. This book shocked my heart. It turns out that writing is like this. What other excuse is there? Write it!

Author Natalie Goldberg is like a dear friend, sharing her writing experience and life wisdom with you. She combines writing with spiritual practice, allowing you to find inner peace in writing. This reminds me of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance", which is about finding the true meaning of life in ordinary things.

The author's central idea is to write first, even if he doesn't know what he is writing, he must write. Only by writing first can he improve.

This book changed many of my perceptions, allowed me to let go of the burden of my thoughts, and guided me to observe and experience ordinary life with my heart, follow my heart and record my true self, write whatever comes to my mind, and develop the ability to record fleeting inspiration at any time. Each article is not long. It is like a clear stream that nourishes the heart, allowing people to accept ideas subtly. Worth reading again.

[Laughing][Laughing] Use writing to practice!

It feels like there's a lot of repetitive content, but it's still very rewarding. At least if you know what you think in your heart, you can write it on your hands. Keep writing, at different places, at different times, and in different moods.

The first book I read to learn how to write was Write From My Heart, so I picked up the pen and started writing.

This book is profound and uses writing to point the way to continue perseverance.

The way the author talks about writing is indeed very reasonable

Just start writing, don't look for any excuses, don't have distracting thoughts, just write what's in my heart

Go practice writing and follow your heart

A book worth reading for everyone who loves writing

I finished reading it in a hurry, and I just feel that I need to keep practicing, enter the flow state, write with the original consciousness, and review it again when I have time.

There is nothing superfluous to say, every article is a comfortable prose.

This is the only book that I have been eager to review since I have persisted in reading. There are not many books on writing that I have read. I would like to call this book the first. There is nothing more shocking than the power that directly touches the soul.

A very wonderful book, with systematic discussions on both theoretical aspects and specific operations. It can be said to be a masterpiece.