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Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It by [Pressfield, Steven]

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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?"

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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:

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Publisher: Black Irish Entertainment LLC (11 June 2016)
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Language: English
ASIN: B01GZ1TJBI
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Mike Adams

This book will change your book for the better

25 August 2018

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This book changed the way I structured my book 'Seven Stories Every Salesperson Must Tell' - I found my meta-theme and my opponent thanks to this book. It's not everything you need for a bestseller (you also need luck and a lot of marketing) but I draw a lot of satisfaction when readers tell me that they enjoyed reading my book and read it to the end.

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greatlakesguy

Great for new writers and veterans

8 January 2017 - Published on Amazon.com

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Great book and an excellent follow-up to Mr. Pressfield's The War of Art. These are not how-to books for aspiring writers; those are a dime-a-dozen on Amazon. What Pressfield does in Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh"t is take what you already know to the next level. He shows you what gives your work texture, and what separates it from the others who are grinding away with the proverbial inciting incident, 3-act structure, and hero's journey stuff. For example, on p. 34 of the paperback, he gives a 2-page summation of how series creator Vince Gilligan told us what Breaking Bad was about in a small speech main character Walter White gives to class. (It's about transformation, if you need to know.)

I should note here that the book is for anyone dabbling in novels, screenplays, and even non-fiction. His thoughts on theme and just what your story is about are especially helpful, especially in this day of "structure is everything" where these issues are given short shrift. It is helpful that he illustrates how he came across these revelations for himself over the course of a career that spans advertising, novels, and screenplays (including a brief anecdote about an important lesson learned while rewriting a porn flick)

While The War of Art was a motivational treatise on what separates the pros from the wannabes in terms of attitude and personal approach, Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh"t is more about what separates the pros from the wannabes when it comes to the rules of writing we already know. I guarantee you'll find something -- maybe not a lot, but something -- important that will justify the cost.

By the way, Pressfield gives due credit to his buddy Shawn Coyne (The Story Grid). Mr. Coyne's work is highly recommended as well.

I say this as one who has made a career of writing, including stints as a newspaper reporter, PR guy, and freelancer. I also have a produced play and a non-fiction book to my credit, and am now working on a novel. It isn't much, but it's a living (barely at times). I'm not Stephen King, but at least I can say I'm a veteran published writer. So take my word for what it's worth when I say that after 35 years on the job, I'm still learning, and Mr. Pressfield is helping.

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Curt Simmons

I approach this material from what many may consider an ...

22 September 2016 - Published on Amazon.com

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I approach this material from what many may consider an unusual angle. I’m sure that authors who have achieved significant success will likely not find much new in Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t. It is not an all-inclusive and defining work and I don’t think it’s intended to be. But those struggling to be published, or follow up that first successful novel, and especially self-publishers will find gold nuggets and inspiration in Steven Pressfield’s work.

I am not an author, but I narrate audiobooks. So my job is to translate the written word into the spoken word and tell a story that is hopefully enthralling to the listener. That means more than simply reading sentences and paragraphs into a microphone. Not that the writing process is entirely alien to me, but I found this book very helpful in my work as I endeavor to faithfully interpret what is written for the eye into a pleasing and entertaining experience for the ear. In fact, before accepting an offer to narrate, my first question for any unfamiliar author whose book I’ve not yet read will be, “What’s the concept of your novel and what is the theme.” Moving forward depends upon the answer.

Thank you, Steven for your entertaining and enlightening story about how to write. I do hear your voice.

5 people found this helpful.

Cybele_now-L

Writers! Looking for clear, straightforward, inspiring advice? Read this!!!

25 July 2016 - Published on Amazon.com

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Simply the best and most straightforward guide imaginable - for writers in all genres and types. Steven Pressfield generously shares his experiences in writing advertisements, movie scripts, fiction and non-fiction, identifying the underlying principles and structure of every - every - successful work. If you've read other guides - by Stephen King, or E M Forster, or Eudora Welty, or - well, whoever - you'll have encountered some/much of this material before...but rarely expressed in such concise and actionable form.
Read it and write!

6 people found this helpful.

curtismchale

Don’t love the structure, but the ideas are great

8 May 2018 - Published on Amazon.com

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Like many of Pressfield's non-fiction books, this is a collection of essays that have some sort of loose structure. In this book he says that he wrote the essays and then his editor put them in some sort of structure.

I find this format frustrating, but when I sit back and look at the overall ideas and then group them in a way that makes sense to me, Pressfield has written a great book full of good advice.

If you're looking for some creative inspiration and want to know how to put more structure in your writing read this book. If you're willing to do a bit of work and think about your overall business marketing, this is a great book.

3 people found this helpful.

Stephanie Romano

Warning: This book might change your creative life forever! It just gets better and better and better

18 October 2016 - Published on Amazon.com

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If you are a writer, you need this book. Mr. Pressfield has a great sense of humor and a very stern message. No one wants to read your stuff. He's very direct and to the point. So, how do you overcome that fact and keep writing with hope? He spells it out for you. He's gathered up the best and employable devices to help us all understand the framework and structure needed to turn the title of the book into a question of ...why wouldn't anyone want to read this book. When someone takes the lessons they've spent life cycles learning, and makes a book that's easy to read, easy to understand and makes you laugh, you have a true mentor. Thanks to this book and the War of Art...I'm ready to take off my training wheels. I may fumble a little...but I'm so excited to grab my own project and give it the life it deserves.

5 people found this helpful.

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