Posted on Jun 18, 2015
Steven Pressfield here for a live Q and A session Tuesday 6/23. What questions do you have for me?
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From Steven Pressfield: "Thank you for taking the time to speak with me today. Your questions were great, and I hope my answers lived up to your expectations. I hope to come back and visit you soon!"
From RallyPoint Staff:
Steven Pressfield, Marine Reserve Veteran and author. His book, Gates of Fire, is on the Commandant of the Marine Corps’ Reading list and taught at West Point and Annapolis. Mr. Pressfield visited RallyPoint for a live Q and A Tuesday June 23 at 4:00pm EST.
In 2009, Mr. Pressfield launched the blog “It’s the Tribes, Stupid” with the intention of helping explain the tribal mindset in Afghanistan to the Marines and Soldiers on the ground. Over the past decade he has dedicated himself to the study of war, releasing The Warrior Ethos, The Virtues of War, Tides of War, The Afghan Campaign, and most recently The Lion’s Gate: a study of the Six Day War in Israel in June of 1967.
This coming Tuesday Mr. Pressfield will be joining us to discuss the history behind any of his books, including:
- The inspiration for Gates of Fire
- What is the “Warrior Ethos”?
- How did the supportive society surrounding the Spartan “pure warriors” enable or improve their military?
- Why should we pay attention to the Six Day War?
- Perspective on Israel’s state of conflict
- Learnings from conversations with members of the IDF?
You can grab a copy of The Lion’s Gate here: http://www.amazon.com/Lions-Gate-Front-Lines-Six/dp/ [login to see] /ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
From RallyPoint Staff:
Steven Pressfield, Marine Reserve Veteran and author. His book, Gates of Fire, is on the Commandant of the Marine Corps’ Reading list and taught at West Point and Annapolis. Mr. Pressfield visited RallyPoint for a live Q and A Tuesday June 23 at 4:00pm EST.
In 2009, Mr. Pressfield launched the blog “It’s the Tribes, Stupid” with the intention of helping explain the tribal mindset in Afghanistan to the Marines and Soldiers on the ground. Over the past decade he has dedicated himself to the study of war, releasing The Warrior Ethos, The Virtues of War, Tides of War, The Afghan Campaign, and most recently The Lion’s Gate: a study of the Six Day War in Israel in June of 1967.
This coming Tuesday Mr. Pressfield will be joining us to discuss the history behind any of his books, including:
- The inspiration for Gates of Fire
- What is the “Warrior Ethos”?
- How did the supportive society surrounding the Spartan “pure warriors” enable or improve their military?
- Why should we pay attention to the Six Day War?
- Perspective on Israel’s state of conflict
- Learnings from conversations with members of the IDF?
You can grab a copy of The Lion’s Gate here: http://www.amazon.com/Lions-Gate-Front-Lines-Six/dp/ [login to see] /ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8
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Hey Mr. Pressfield, in Stephen King's, On Writing, he talks about revising his work. He urges that you take your story through at least two drafts; the one you do with the study door closed and the one you do with it open. Can you share with us insights into your creative process? Particularly, when you're revising your work. How much and how many drafts?
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LCpl Steven Pressfield
Great question, Matt. I do at least ten drafts, sometimes 15, though the last few are pretty much polishing. I've got a book called DO THE WORK (we actually just gave away about 3000 eBooks this week; sorry, the deal is over) that really gets into this. Also I have a blog at http://www.stevenpressfield.com and every Wednesday there's a column called "Writing Wednesdays." I've done, I don't 300 posts so far, all about the craft of writing, and my partner Shawn Coyne (who was the editor of "Gates of Fire" and one of the best in the business) does a column on Friday that's better than mine. But I love Stephen King's "On Writing." Another great one is Twyla Tharp's "The Creative Habit" and "The First Five Pages" by Noah Lukeman.
Website of author and historian, Steven Pressfield.
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LCpl Steven Pressfield
I would be interest to hear your thoughts on the state of Historical knowledge within our Nation and if you have any ideas on how this can be corrected?
I would be interest to hear your thoughts on the state of Historical knowledge within our Nation and if you have any ideas on how this can be corrected?
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LCpl Steven Pressfield
A case could be made, I think, that the only thing we should study in school is History. What fun! If it was presented right, which unfortunately it never is. I snoozed through all my history classes. But you're right, the US today, including our Presidents and our Congress, is almost totally ignorant of history, even our own, let alone far-afield history like that of China, Russia, Central Asia, etc. But we know a lot about the Kardashians.
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LCpl Steven Pressfield
I was all in this your reply and then you mentioned that Kardashians and I think just the mention of their name made my eyes bleed.
Thank you for your reply.
I was all in this your reply and then you mentioned that Kardashians and I think just the mention of their name made my eyes bleed.
Thank you for your reply.
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