Steven Pressfield
What is the first virtue of the artist? It is—and must be—an awareness of and acceptance of the primary reality of the field upon which she will work.
Read MoreI’m going to tell you a very sad story. You can probably guess it already.
Read MoreThe work always resists us. Some days it REALLY resists us.
Read MoreMy partner Diana has a trainer at the gym. He gave her some advice for when a weight or challenge seems more than she could handle.
Read MoreSome writers have alter egos, whom they feature as protagonists in their novels.
Read MoreHow many footballs have been fumbled on the one-yard line, inches from a score?
Read MoreWe’re so deep into our project now that we can’t turn back … and yet the end is still so far away it seems impossible to conceive of reaching it.
Read MoreWe’ve initiated our startup, our non-profit, our novel. A favorable wind of enthusiasm has borne us safely through the first stages. If we’re talking about a stage play, we’ve reached the end of Act One. Suddenly …
Read MoreThe poster boy for freezing before we begin is Hamlet, the Melancholy Dane.
Read MoreRevise that: Resistance strikes BEFORE we begin. How many of us have collected “notes” and amassed “research” for that life-altering project we’ve always dreamt of tackling?
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