Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It

Steven Pressfield

Jun 2016 · Black Irish Entertainment LLC

About this ebook

There's a mantra that real writers know but wannabe writers don’t.  And the secret phrase is this: 

            NOBODY WANTS TO READ YOUR SH*T.

Recognizing this painful truth is the first step in the writer's transformation from amateur to professional. 

From Chapter Four:

“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?

 

Ratings and reviews

This book takes you from not knowing all you don't know to feeling confident what you've learned will take you where you want to go.

A very entertaining, to-the-point and in-your-face practical guide to writing fiction and non-fiction that can set your table for success.

Really hammered home the basic story precepts!

About the author

STEVEN PRESSFIELD has made a professional life in five different writing arenas-advertising, screenwriting, fiction, narrative nonfiction and self-help. He is the bestselling author of The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire, The Afghan Campaign, and The Lion's Gate, as well as the cult classics on creativity, The War of Art, Turning Pro, and Do The Work. His Wednesday column on www.stevenpressfield.com is among the most popular writing blogs on the web.