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THE DAILY PRESSFIELD is 365 days (plus a bonus week) of motivation, inspiration, and encouragement. Are you starting a new book/album/business venture? Open to page one of THE DAILY PRESSFIELD and start rolling. Each chapter begins with a picked quote from THE WAR OF ART, GATES OF FIRE, Pressfield's Writing Wednesdays blog, and other P-field ...
Our “hero’s journey” is our youth, our quest, our search for our calling. Read The Artist’s Journey when you’ve entered the next stage of your creative odyssey—the truly productive years when the challenge is no longer to find your destiny, but to fulfill it. Buy at: BLACK IRISH BOOKS.
I wrote for 17 years before I earned my first penny. (a $3500 option on a screenplay that was never produced). I wrote for 27 years before I got my first novel published (The Legend of Bagger Vance). During that time I worked 21 different jobs in eleven states.
Authenticity and Power. By Steven Pressfield | Writing Wednesdays | 34 Comments. July 17, 2024. Power comes from authenticity. When we hear an artist or a politician, a warrior or an advocate speak from her true center, we feel her power.
Aug 28, 2024 · The Second Rule of Artist’s Journey is this: If you think you know who you are, you’re wrong. Hunter S. Thompson’s ambition was to write like Scott Fitzgerald. He copied the whole of The Great Gatsby, trying to teach himself to compose sentences that flowed with the effortless grace of those penned by his hero.
Authenticity and Power. By Steven Pressfield | 34 Comments. Power comes from authenticity. When we hear an artist or a politician, a warrior or an advocate speak from her true center, we feel her power.
The course's five audio lessons will ground you in the principles and characteristics of the artist's inner battle. Continue each week (also free) with our "Writing Wednesdays" and "What It Takes" posts, each one like a new chapter in The War of Art.
RESISTANCE WILL KILL YOU. If you don’t believe me, look around at friends and family who have talent and ambition in spades ... but are drinking, doping, abusing themselves and their loved ones, wasting their lives because they can’t get out of their own way and do the work they were put on this planet to do.
The Amnesiac’s Story. By Steven Pressfield | 46 Comments. The individual on the threshold of the artist’s journey is like the protagonist in an amnesiac story. I love these. Total Recall, The Bourne Identity and its sequels, and my fave of a couple of years ago, The Hangover. Read More.
Jun 26, 2024 · Steven Pressfield’s piece on “Learning and Unlearning” is a powerful reminder of the constant evolution in our understanding and skills. The balance between acquiring new knowledge and letting go of outdated concepts is crucial for growth.
