Nobody wants to read your sh^# (and here's how to fix that)
Here is a public service announcement and amazing piece of tough love for everyone here. It is the latest book from Steven Pressfield, author of The Legend of Baggar Vance, The War of Art, Do the Work, and many other books. After reading this book in the past week I feel like I got a master class in writing and persuasion. He has made this book available for free download, no email address required. I don't know how long this will be available so I hope you jump on this while you can.
http://shop.blackirishbooks.com/pages...
I look forward to reactions and results from others here. Hopefully it will help you create something worth reading. ;-) That's what I will be working harder on myself too.
Upward and onward!
http://shop.blackirishbooks.com/pages...
I look forward to reactions and results from others here. Hopefully it will help you create something worth reading. ;-) That's what I will be working harder on myself too.
Upward and onward!
I did enjoy The War of Art.
It seems, before the French got a hold of the word, Greed was not a bad thing and only meant that someone had a desire to collect something...I would imagine that it came in handy when times got hard. I also would of imagined Rand standing up for this speech but not from her villains.
/s/ A former Nobody but Not Just Anybody which means. I'm a Somebody!
Some may wonder why I write the way I do and it's almost entirely due to one 8th grade teacher and assists from Pressfield. Every day without fail four hours writing minimum is rule number one.
I started learning fiction as a retirement activity in between sailing, diving and fishing. Previously only non fiction books under Know-More Books since sold and dealing primarily with reloading information by calibers. I believe the competition bought me out I went sailing. But fiction writing is an art unto itself and is far more mentally profitable than whacking little white balls around. Will I publish one day. Maybe. Not part of the plan. Being retired is the reason but my sister who edits new authors on the side says yes. Meanwhile I found a new use for golf balls. They make excellent pistol targets. I'm still shooting under par. Enough of that if you have any interest Pressfield to get you through the hard parts and James Scott Bell are the one's to choose.
PS I couldn't get the freebie so I went to Amazon.com who knows? maybe it will improve my overly polite, sociable and impeccable manner here in the Gulch.
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I am on page 19 and taking Pressfield (actual surname?) admonitions to heart have come up with, as a first draft:
Cogito ergo sum. F* moochers and their PC too.
I hope by page 197 to improve on the above.