Steven Pressfield: The Brutal Truth About Creative Success | How I Write Classic Episode

Every so often, I’ll re-publish one of my favorite How I Write episodes. This classic episode is with Steven Pressfield, the author of more than 25 books who speaks as beautifully about the creative process as he writes. He waded through 27 years of Resistance so you don’t have to. Come learn his best practices for doing your best work.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI) Intro
00:00:40 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI&t=40s) Your career in writing
00:07:00 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI&t=420s) Writing rough drafts
00:11:10 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI&t=670s) Copywriting
00:13:20 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI&t=800s) Hemingway
00:14:20 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI&t=860s) The Legend of Bagger Vance
00:18:40 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI&t=1120s) Fiction vs Non-fiction
00:19:15 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI&t=1155s) Storytelling advice
00:29:20 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI&t=1760s) Editing your work
00:40:55 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI&t=2455s) Discipline in writing
00:43:45 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI&t=2625s) Villains in writing
01:02:45 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI&t=3765s) How Steven started writing
01:05:15 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI&t=3915s) Robert Greene
01:08:50 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI&t=4130s) Tim Ferriss
01:12:00 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI&t=4320s) 60 scenes method
01:13:20 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI&t=4400s) Writing styles
01:20:20 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI&t=4820s) Make your heroes suffer
01:23:55 (youtube.com/watch?v=F9DtH-tVQUI&t=5035s) Steven Pressfield's new book "The Daily Pressfield"

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