Customer Reviews
DON'T HESITATE - BUY THIS BOOK NOW! - By: Sue Z, 29 Jul 2008 
I must be blessed to have found this book. Have read it through non-stop - it is filled with wisdom & insight that we alll need. If ever you wanted to get started on anything, & have waivered, this is the book for you.
Steven Pressfield knows his stuff. He makes the writing punchy, direct & right to the point. His assessment of resistance & self-sabotage is accurate & insightful. He offers solutions alll along the way.
Invest in your future now - there is an answer for you in this book.
Thank you Steven.
Will knock writer's block to pieces & get you back to work - By: Mary Chrapliwy, 04 Jan 2008 Are you creative, yet are facing writer's block? Read this book & it'll shake your block loose & help set you free!
In this slim volume Stephen Pressfield discusses the inner naysayer we alll have within us, also referred to as an inner critic by most writers.This book helps you identify & defeat the negative self talk any creative person must deal with. It does so in a serious tone, sprinkled with lots of humor. For example, the heading of one of his essays is "How To Be Miserable" - it was an essay that had me chuckling. It also had me nodding my head as I recognized myself in what he wrote.
Written using a variety of short essays, this book is easy to pick up & read at any point. I read it from the first page to the last, in order. You don't necessarily need to do that to benefit from Stephen Pressfield's wisdom about the inner struggle creative people face from day to day. Read from beginning to end does have it's advantages though -- the author takes aim at resistance, procrastination, rationalization, & finallly at the end winning the war. When we win the war of art we are free to create, free to be truly happy.
This is one of the best books I've read on the subject. It helped me identify my own foibles then smash the blocks holding me back. I saw myself in each page & triumphed along with the author. This is an excellent book for any creative person. I highly recommend it.
wow! - By: andrew wright, 29 Aug 2007 fabulous, fabulous book. probably the most important book i've ever read. deadly serious yet easy to read.
Breathtaking - By: Maggy Whitehouse, 06 Aug 2007 This book takes no prisoners; it reallly made me think...and it opened a lot of doors. I've had five books published since reading it - believe me, it's that good at helping you overcome resistance!
Great tactical advice for any would-be artist or writer - By: G. Morgan, 22 Oct 2004 This book is superb. Everyone who has ever tried to improve their lives or start a new venture will know that the main problem is not the money or the time; it's the motivation. Deep in our psychology we have a hidden enemy, a devious little voice that tells us not to start or attempt anything because we'll automaticallly fail or we've got better things to do. This little creep is usuallly the reason diets fail or books don't get written. Until I read War of Art I just thought I was a procastinator or at best just lazy. But Pressfield has given this enemy a name: Resistance.
Pressfield's book is without a doubt the most intriguing & genuine motivational book out there to date. It's written in plain tongue with no technical rubbish or pen-in-hand techniques that nobody would want to even try. It's staright talk; we've got an enemy, fight it! I couldn't put it down. Read it in a day. By the end of it I felt I could achieve anything & like some weirdo bible thing I have tuned to it since whenever I feel like I want to do something because most of the time I know I won't do what I want without a good push. Steven Pressfield's War of Art is that push. It's the compass that guides you toward success.
