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Dinty W. Moore

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Dinty W. Moore is author of the award-winning memoir Between Panic & Desire, the writing guides The Story Cure and Crafting the Personal Essay, and many other books. He has published essays and stories in The Georgia Review, Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine, The Southern Review, Kenyon Review, Creative Nonfiction, and elsewhere. He is founding editor of Brevity, the journal of flash nonfiction, and teaches master classes and workshops across the United States as well as in Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Canada, and Mexico.

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	The Accidental Buddhist: Mindfulness, Enlightenment, and Sitting Still, American Style 3.91 avg rating — 1,413 ratings — published 1997 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life 4.05 avg rating — 636 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crafting the Personal Essay: A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Nonfiction 3.94 avg rating — 642 ratings — published 2010 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Nonfiction: Advice and Essential Exercises from Respected Writers, Editors, and Teachers 4.19 avg rating — 418 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Between Panic and Desire 3.72 avg rating — 282 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dear Mister Essay Writer Guy: Advice and Confessions on Writing, Love, and Cannibals 3.60 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story Cure: A Book Doctor's Pain-Free Guide to Finishing Your Novel or Memoir 4.08 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Truth of the Matter, The: Art and Craft in Creative Nonfiction 4.03 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Hell with It: Of Sin and Sex, Chicken Wings, and Dante’s Entirely Ridiculous, Needlessly Guilt-Inducing Inferno 4.29 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bodies of Truth: Personal Narratives on Illness, Disability, and Medicine by Dinty W. Moore (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Erin Murphy (Editor), Renée K. Nicholson (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.41 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears

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Comedy Writing Secrets: The Best-Selling Book on How to Think Funny, Write Funny, Act Funny, And Get Paid For It

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Little Failure

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“Not all writing is political or revolutionary, but the very act of giving yourself permission to write, to speak, to share the truth no matter whether the truth you understand is the truth others want to acknowledge, is brave, powerful, and important.”
― Dinty W. Moore, The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life

tags: truth, writing

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“Words will never fully capture what is alive in our hearts.

It would be a shame, though, if we denied our bears their dancing.”
― Dinty W. Moore, The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life

tags: heart, words, writing

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“Exercise the muscles that compassionately open the heart.

In your writing and your life.”
― Dinty W. Moore, The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life

tags: compassion, heart, life, writing

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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night

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