My First (And Only) Writing Course
I want to alert you guys to the first and only Writing Course I’ve ever taught. You may remember me talking about this last year. (We held the actual live event in September in Malibu, California.)
Dozens of friends wrote in at the time. “Oh, I wish I could go! I live too far away!” “I’m so sorry to miss it!”
Well, you can go now.
We videoed the full day’s event as it happened. I and my partners Roda and Kriss have been working on this package ever since.
The video version of the “Silent Writing Retreat” is available now. Today.
Here’s the link for full information and to sign up:
https://silentwritingretreat.com/steven-pressfield/
I’ll be writing more about this in the coming days (for starters I’m doing an Instagram Live TODAY at 1:00 PM Pacific) but here’s the short version of what the course is about.
Oh, I almost forgot …
A special VIP feature is the opportunity to book a half-hour, one-on-one ZOOM coaching call with me. (More on that later as well.)
The essence of the September event was summed up in its subtitle: OVERCOMING RESISTANCE. The medium was me onstage for the whole day, with breaks for everyone in attendance—about sixty people—to do their own writing in silence. Everyone checked their phones at the door. There was no talking, except by me. No socializing. No chit-chat.
I spoke pretty much non-stop, delivering a distillation of everything I’ve written in The War of Art, Turning Pro and other books … as well as telling in excruciating detail the story of my own journey as a writer—from driving a taxi in New York City and tractor-trailers up and down the East Coast to ten years as a C-level Hollywood screenwriter to thirty years and twenty-something books as a writer of fiction and nonfiction.
If you missed the live event, this is your chance to see and hear it all—in a form you can replay and return to as many times as you wish.
Here again is the link for full details and to sign up:
https://silentwritingretreat.com/steven-pressfield/
For more, join me today at 1:00 PM Pacific for an Instagram Live.
DO THE WORK
Steve shows you the predictable Resistance points that every writer hits in a work-in-progress and then shows you how to deal with each one of these sticking points. This book shows you how to keep going with your work.
THE AUTHENTIC SWING
A short book about the writing of a first novel: for Steve, The Legend of Bagger Vance. Having failed with three earlier attempts at novels, here's how Steve finally succeeded.
NOBODY WANTS TO READ YOUR SH*T
Steve shares his "lessons learned" from the trenches of the five different writing careers—advertising, screenwriting, fiction, nonfiction, and self-help. This is tradecraft. An MFA in Writing in 197 pages.
TURNING PRO
Amateurs have amateur habits. Pros have pro habits. When we turn pro, we give up the comfortable life but we find our power. Steve answers the question, "How do we overcome Resistance?"
Thank you SO much dear Steve. I will get the event no matter what.
I don’t have money right now, it’s one of the toughest periods. So I will gather them patiently, time is always on my side these 45 years, and get it as soon as possible.
Even if it’s My duty and responsibility to break Resistance, this video will be priceless. Equal in importance to what the staff of Gandalf meant to him. I’m sitting there with all you.
By the way, know (for your happiness) that I’m now fighting the last part of the book. Yes, the day would come. And the sky is darkened before me, so this makes it even darker. As it should be.
Break the rules.
Hang in there Tolis. I wish for your success. I’m here beside you. We are a fellowship.
The Fellowship of our Ring, my dear Jackie <3
Ótimo! 👏👏👏
Im in. From the moment I read half of the post. Just starting the course and already got insights and breakthroughs! Wow – thank you thank you thank you 💛💛💛💛 Can highly recommend
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So glad you finally did this! I remember you mentioning it and wishing I could attend. Hope there’s a way to access the course online would love to learn from your experience!
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This sounds absolutely incredible, Steven. The War of Art had a huge impact on how I approach creative resistance, so the idea of a full-day immersive experience centered around that—plus your personal journey—is beyond inspiring. Really appreciate that you made the video version available for those of us who couldn’t attend in person. Looking forward to diving into it—and that VIP coaching call sounds like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Thanks for sharing this with the wider writing community.