The War of Art

Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

165 pages

English language

Published April 2, 2003 by Warner Books.

ISBN:
978-0-446-69143-7
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OCLC Number:
51989290
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Goodreads Review of The War of Art: Winning the Inner Creative Battle

Basically, a crazy guy writing paragraphs.

Still, I found it helpful--I could relate a lot to Pressfield, and I do think it's worth visiting.

Review of 'The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles' on 'Goodreads'

I wish I would have read more reviews before deciding to read this one. This excerpt from another review describes the book perfectly - Reading this book is like fishing through a landfill site for diamonds; they're there, just buried under mountains of crap. The book is loaded with references to every religion under the Sun as well as a lot of angel and muse talk, as well as other superstitious nonsense. Also, as a professional in my field, I can say there was some advice that could be considered poor advice. I got very little from this book and I am uncertain how this ended up on my "to Read" shelf. Thankfully it is a short read. I got the impression the author had a lot more issues committing to doing actual work than I have ever had, based off his references to his prior work experience and his …

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Subjects

  • Pressfield, Steven.
  • Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Creative thinking.
  • Resistance (Psychoanalysis)
  • Procrastination.
  • Inhibition.