Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It

by Steven Pressfield

Your job as a writer is to give your hero the deepest, darkest, most hellacious All Is Lost Moment possible—and then find a way out for her.

Creative work can be hell, but it can be heaven too. What could be better than beating your brains out on a problem that’s exactly the problem you need to solve to get better?