Comments on: To Propose or Not to Propose http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2011/06/to-propose-or-not-to-propose/ Website of author and historian, Steven Pressfield. Mon, 20 May 2013 12:17:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2011/06/to-propose-or-not-to-propose/comment-page-1/#comment-23021 Jim Thu, 30 Jun 2011 01:10:37 +0000 http://www.stevenpressfield.com/?p=6413#comment-23021 Mr. Pressfield, the thing I think I love most about you is that you conduct yourself like a completely unknown writer who is still looking for his first big break, not the world-famous Steven Pressfield, and I love it when you talk about commitment to an idea that transcends the financial gratification. I think Stephen King wrote about that in On Writing. You guys would write if it paid nothing and never had a chance of being published, just for the love of the art, and I think that's the only way to write something great. Mr. Pressfield, the thing I think I love most about you is that you conduct yourself like a completely unknown writer who is still looking for his first big break, not the world-famous Steven Pressfield, and I love it when you talk about commitment to an idea that transcends the financial gratification. I think Stephen King wrote about that in On Writing. You guys would write if it paid nothing and never had a chance of being published, just for the love of the art, and I think that’s the only way to write something great.

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]]> By: Jeremy http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2011/06/to-propose-or-not-to-propose/comment-page-1/#comment-23012 Jeremy Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:22:49 +0000 http://www.stevenpressfield.com/?p=6413#comment-23012 Thanks Steven. With queries, synopses, marketing, SEO, blurbs, etc., it's easy to lose sight of why we started putting words on paper at the beginning. I was talking with a friend over the weekend about the publishing process (and mentioned <i>The War of Art</i>), and when I got done telling her about getting a finished manuscript in front of an agent, then an editor, then a publisher, all the while making their changes with no guarantee of a sale, only to get a pass, her comment was, "So, it's not for the faint of heart." Nope. I'm with you on the weeding. It will be interesting to see how the market handles that role with self-published e-books. Thanks Steven. With queries, synopses, marketing, SEO, blurbs, etc., it’s easy to lose sight of why we started putting words on paper at the beginning.

I was talking with a friend over the weekend about the publishing process (and mentioned The War of Art), and when I got done telling her about getting a finished manuscript in front of an agent, then an editor, then a publisher, all the while making their changes with no guarantee of a sale, only to get a pass, her comment was, “So, it’s not for the faint of heart.”

Nope. I’m with you on the weeding. It will be interesting to see how the market handles that role with self-published e-books.

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