This post presents David Isaak’s review of Steven Pressfield’s seminal and inspiring book, The War of Art. “As I mentioned back when I started this series of posts, I’m not a big fan of “inspirational” books on the writing process. I want to hear from real writers talking about writing, not life coaches urging me … Read more
Oh gosh, I was going to post another of David’s reviews of books on writing that he loved and found inspirational. But then I found his explanation on his blog about why he got started reading books on writing, and, it was just so lovely and touching and sweet. Here it is: “Way back in … Read more
David tackled the writing of his novels as he did everything in life: He absorbed all the material he could find, digested that information, and made it his own. This thread of the newsletter examines some of his sources of inspiration, drawing on his own blog as well as on updates from the sources. This … Read more