The following excerpts on the artist’s battlefied are from The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, who wrote Gates of Fire (NYTimes Bestseller) and The Legend of Bagger Vance (NYTimes Bestseller).
(The bold on text is my own. )
A Professional
Someone once asked Somerset Maugham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. “I write …
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