Natalie Goldberg's Be Specific

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“Let’s call a thing a thing.” This quote by spiritual leader and life coach Iyanla Vanzant is one of my favorite quotes from her and it speaks volumes in the matter of six words. What she means when she makes this statement is just as Natalie Goldberg does in Be Specific, to call something what it actually is. Natalie Goldberg is moved for everyone to be specific in their writing as a way to give a detailed description of what is taking place and being able to help the reader visualize what they are reading about. In Be Specific it seems that Natalie is responding to most people’s lack of valuing an object or person by calling it by its given name.
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