Steven Pressfield
We’ve talked in recent weeks about the story-defining concept of
Read MoreWhy did king Leonidas pick the specific 300 warriors that he did to fight the Persians (and to face certain death) at Thermopylae?
Read MoreIt’s only fitting to begin our exploration of the Warrior Archetype with the women of ancient Sparta, instead of the men. More than their beauty and freedom, Spartan women were famous as the toughest-minded and the fiercest enforcers of the warrior ethos to which their husbands, sons, and fathers aspired.
Read MoreWhen the coronavirus first hit, I thought to myself, “How can I help? People are facing tremendous new psychological and emotional challenges. What can I share? How can I contribute?”
Read MoreToday begins a new video series. I’ll be spending the next several months talking about what I call The Warrior Archetype. This series will look at the idea of what a warrior is in ancient times and modern times; the internal battle and the external battle; the warrior in each of us.
Read MoreRemember the principle we were examining a few months ago?
Read MoreFar from Heaven (2002) is not an all-time great movie, but I confess I love it. Almost entirely for the ending, which to me is devastating.
Read MoreThe obstacles that the hero confronts In Act Two can’t arise willy-nilly from everywhere and nowhere. They must originate from a single source—the villain.
Read MoreThe following is a true story, paraphrased from Plutarch’s Life of Alexander.
Read MoreWe’ve been saying over the past couple of weeks that the dramatic arcs of many, many novels and movies can be seen as simply
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