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A Practice Is Not a Means to an End
The idea of a practice is not a particularly Western one.
We Yanks and Euros always want a payoff. If we’re gonna bust our butts writing the next Game of Thrones or inventing the next iPhone, our mantra is “Show me the money!” Or at least the recognition, the fame, the accolades.
Cuba Gooding, Jr. won an Oscar for his performance in “Jerry Maguire”A practice is not like that.
A practice exists for it
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The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle
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Gates of Fire
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Do the Work
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Turning Pro
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The Virtues of War
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Tides of War: A Novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War
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The Afghan Campaign
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The Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life
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Killing Rommel
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“If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), "Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist?" chances are you are. The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.”
― The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle
― The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle
“Are you paralyzed with fear? That’s a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember one rule of thumb: the more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.”
― The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle
― The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle
“Our job in this life is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.”
― The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
― The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
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HISTORICAL FICTION POLL "B"
There will be a series of polls to begin putting together a potential reading list for the "historical fiction folder". I have divided the books into groups of 15 books apiece. Make sure to choose your favorite from each poll and make sure to vote in each of these polls so that we can generate a list according to priorities and interests. You will only receive one notification per poll. There will be simultaneous polls so please make sure to vote in each one.
There will be a series of polls to begin putting together a potential reading list for the "historical fiction folder". I have divided the books into groups of 15 books apiece. Make sure to choose your favorite from each poll and make sure to vote in each of these polls so that we can generate a list according to priorities and interests. You will only receive one notification per poll. There will be simultaneous polls so please make sure to vote in each one.
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thank you for accepting me as friend ^_^ keep up the great writing. have a nice day!
Hello Mr. Pressfield,I don't get many opportunities to interact with writers I like, so I suppose I'll take this one. I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed Gates of Fire. Not only does it rank among my favorite novels, it also happened to turn me on to the whole historical fiction genre. So many thanks on both counts.
And on behalf of a few of my old theater job buddies, one of which was in Iraq for awhile, they sure enjoy your work as well. We're all pulling for you and spreading the word.
Thanks for listening. I look forward to reading your Alexander and Rommel novels sometime in the near future.
Sincerely,
-A.J.
Thanks, Susan. I'm delighted that "War" struck a chord!
I loved The War of Art. Many thanks for writing it.
Oh, Resistance still kicks my butt each day. I just stand up, take the hit, then finish the day’s work. For a professional endures.
Thanks, JH. You're way ahead of me. Resistance is kicking my butt regularly!
I read “The War of Art,” turned pro, started writing five hours per day, three hundred and sixty-five days per year, and have only been defeated by resistance three days in the last three years. I recommend your book to every writer I know.
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