In this long-awaited sequel to her best-sellers Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind, Goldberg takes us to the next step in the writing process: turning our flashes of inspiration - the thunder and lightning of creativity - into a polished piece of work. Drawing on her experience as a writer and a student of Zen, she shows how to develop a story or essay that preserves all the originality of your one-of-a-kind mind and captures your authentic way of seeing the world.