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		<title>Write What You Don&#8217;t Know</title>
		<link>http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2010/06/writing-wednesdays-6-write-what-you-dont-kow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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[Writing Wednesdays is taking a break this week. Here's a favorite from last year. ]
Probably the most classic kernel of writing advice is “Write What You Know.” On the surface, that seems to make a lot of sense, and I’m sure it has worked for thousands and thousands of writers. It didn’t work for me.
When<br/><a href="http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2010/06/writing-wednesdays-6-write-what-you-dont-kow/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Giving It Away</title>
		<link>http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/12/writing-wednesdays-20-giving-it-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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I know Giving It Away is supposed to work as a web marketing strategy, bringing in new customers. (Like when rock bands offer free downloads of their songs and the new listeners then go out and buy the group&#8217;s CDs or attend their concerts.) I&#8217;ve tried this. I must confess that so far the only<br/><a href="http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/12/writing-wednesdays-20-giving-it-away/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Having A Practice</title>
		<link>http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/12/writing-wednesdays-19-having-a-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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Last Wednesday I wrote a post called &#8220;Self-Doubt.&#8221; It shared a rough patch I was going through on the book I&#8217;m working on now. I put it out there because I wanted other writers and artists (who know this already but perhaps needed a little reminder, as I do) to remember that they aren&#8217;t alone<br/><a href="http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/12/writing-wednesdays-19-having-a-practice/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Major Jim Gant</title>
		<link>http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/10/writing-wednesdays-13-major-jim-gant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because of the response to Monday’s posting of Major Jim Gant’s paper One Tribe At A Time, I’d like to keep the post “above the fold” all week, and run a shorter &#8220;Writing Wednesdays&#8221; post this week. The focus? Resistance and Major Gant.
 
Major Gant has a wife and kids; he’s training now for a year-long deployment<br/><a href="http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/10/writing-wednesdays-13-major-jim-gant/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Important Writing Lesson I Ever Learned</title>
		<link>http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/10/writing-wednesdays-2-the-most-important-writing-lession-i-ever-learned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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[The blog is "on the road" this week.  Here's a re-run of readers' #1 favorite Writing Wednesdays piece.  See you next Wednesday!]

My first real job was in advertising. I worked as a copywriter for an agency called Benton &#38; Bowles in New York City. An artist or entrepreneur&#8217;s first job inevitably bends the twig. It<br/><a href="http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/10/writing-wednesdays-2-the-most-important-writing-lession-i-ever-learned/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Talk and Self-Sabotage</title>
		<link>http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/10/writing-wednesdays-12-self-talk-and-self-sabotage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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If you&#8217;ve read The War of Art, you know that the thematic core of the book is the concept of Resistance. Resistance with a capital R, which the book defines as &#8220;an energy field radiating from a work-in-potential. It&#8217;s a repelling force. It&#8217;s negative. Its aim is to shove us away, distract us, prevent us<br/><a href="http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/10/writing-wednesdays-12-self-talk-and-self-sabotage/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Universe is Self-Ordering</title>
		<link>http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/10/writing-wednesdays-11-the-universe-is-self-ordering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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Chaos. The Big Bang. Crap flying everywhere. 
Imagine ourselves back at the beginning of time. The universe is raw energy, blasting at light-speed in all directions. (Stay with me, this is going somewhere). What happens? As time passes, electrons coalesce around nuclei. Molten matter cools; stars and planets form into spheres. Celestial objects find paths<br/><a href="http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/10/writing-wednesdays-11-the-universe-is-self-ordering/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sex Scenes</title>
		<link>http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/09/writing-wednesdays-10-sex-scenes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:42:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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I once did a rewrite on a porn flick. Before I began, the producer wanted to get together with me, to give me my marching orders and to make sure that I didn&#8217;t slow the project down by making avoidable rookie mistakes. We met for breakfast at a coffee shop in Santa Monica. In that<br/><a href="http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/09/writing-wednesdays-10-sex-scenes/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Just Show Up&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/09/writing-wednesdays-9-just-show-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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Patricia Madson taught Improv in the Drama Department at Stanford for years. Students would kill to get into her class. My friend Victoria Labalme has told me of racing across campus more than once, frantic not to be late. Once the door closed, it stayed closed. Professionals only!

Now Patricia has written a terrific book called<br/><a href="http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/09/writing-wednesdays-9-just-show-up/">More >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What the Muse Wants</title>
		<link>http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/09/writing-wednesdays-8-what-the-muse-wants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Pressfield</dc:creator>
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The issue that comes up more than any other among aspiring artists and entrepreneurs is this: “How can we chase our dream when we’ve got kids, a job, demands and deadlines? How do we find the time, the self-discipline and the energy when we’re dealing with all this real stuff in the real world?”
The Muse<br/><a href="http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2009/09/writing-wednesdays-8-what-the-muse-wants/">More >></a>]]></description>
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