The Authentic Swing: Notes from the Writing of a First Novel (Unabridged)
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4.0 • 9 Ratings
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Publisher Description
The story behind The Legend of Bagger Vance
If you've listened to his books The War of Art and Turning Pro, you know that for 30 years Steven Pressfield (Gates of Fire, The Afghan Campaign etc.) wrote spec novel after spec novel before any publisher took him seriously. How did he finally break through? Ignoring just about every rule of commercial book publishing, Pressfield's "first" novel not only became a major best seller (over 250,000 copies sold), it was adapted into a feature film directed by Robert Redford and starring Matt Damon, Will Smith, and Charlize Theron.
Where did he get the idea? What magical something did The Legend of Bagger Vance have that his previous manuscripts lacked? Why did Pressfield decide to write a novel when he already had a well-established screenwriting career? How does writing a publishable novel really work?
Taking a page from John Steinbeck's classic Journal of a Novel, Steven Pressfield offers answers for these and scores of other practical writing questions in The Authentic Swing.
Customer Reviews
I wasn’t sure…
I want to say that I have always loved Pressfield’s books on writing, alas I cannot. Years ago, when I first picked up his writing series, they didn’t land on the whole, but there were points. Years have gone buy and I’ve read many more books, especially on writing, and I can confidently say the Pressfield is a must read for ANY artist. Even with all of that, I wasn’t sure if a book about the writing of another book was something I should commit my time; I’m glad I did. I strongly, almost fanatically, recommend The Authentic Swing to anyone who reads Pressfield.