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Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t

And Other Tough-Love Truths to Make You a Better Writer

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Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t

By: Steven Pressfield
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There's a mantra real writers know but wannabe writers don’t. And the secret phrase is this: "Nobody wants to read your shit." Recognizing this painful truth is the first step in the writer's transformation from amateur to professional.

“When you understand that nobody wants to read your shit, you develop empathy. You acquire the skill that is indispensable to all artists and entrepreneurs - the ability to switch back and forth in your imagination from your own point of view as writer/painter/seller to the point of view of your reader/gallery-goer/customer. You learn to ask yourself with every sentence and every phrase: Is this interesting? Is it fun or challenging or inventive? Am I giving the reader enough? Is she bored? Is she following where I want to lead her?"

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Book is a little repetitive but a solid listen for anyone who is a writer.

Bit repetitive but good.

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love every second of this very insightful and helpful book. Got a lot out of it and will apply the lessons to copy AI write going forward Thanks!

Great insights

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Great writing concepts, well-delivered and well-ordered. Easy flow. Easy to follow. I
t is obvious that this author put a great deal of sweat equity into writing this book, with outstanding resuls. I write and edit non-fiction, and this was a major revelation to me that my writing also needs a story and a hero and an adventure, much like our ancestors passing along the culture while sitting around the fire spinning stories. I found it to be much easier to incorporate this concept into my writing than I originally thought. And it's fun! Update: Listening to this a second time, I caught something cool. While I was trying to put it all together and getting a bit bogged down in the details, he said three simple words that made the lights come on....."Trust the force." And he said them at the exact right time to generate a sort-of epiphany. Brilliant.

Informative as heck! Beautiful flow.

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There isn't any bullshit in this shit. Everyone who aspires to write should get this book.

Honest Voice

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Pressfield lays out the universal principles of storytelling as they apply to virtually every aspect of our lives. This book is very useful for any creative person, and lays out important foundational principles clearly and concisely.

Storytelling is universal.

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if you got to do any kind of writing that eventually plan on getting paid for you need to listen to this book

great advice

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What’s at stake in your story?! Great book! Reading it again to absorb more to put in practice!

Great resource for storytelling!

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Tons of golden advice for any writer packed into a short read. Loved it!

Great Book

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I appreciated the highly focused way that Steven delivered the principles and techniques of superb storytelling! stay to the very end of the book. a delightful surprise awaits.

great writing distilled

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Steven drops some good advice throughout which is relevant for a nobody writer. I enjoyed it and it helped particularly what he learned from the porn director

solid advice

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