What Steven Pressfield thinks about writing

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American novelist and non-fiction writer, author of Gates of Fire, The Legend of Bagger Vance and The War of Art. He has written a weekly Writing Wednesdays post about the working life of a writer for more than fifteen years.

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1. 8 Jul 2026

   Our readingWhat gets a stuck maker out is an hour of work with no idea what it is for, and the relief arrives before any result does.

   Their wordsSo I did something crazy. I pulled out my typewriter and banged away for an hour.

   ↗The Night That Changed Everythingstevenpressfield.com