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Steven Pressfield on Writing Historical Fiction

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Should I Read Anything Into the Fact That Two of Your Major Books Are From Spiritual Stories?

Two of your major books are taken from spiritual stories. H, that's a good question, yow. It's certainly nothing that i planned. But i do think that any time you write a story,. it starts with the physical level, right? The action. If we're talking about a western, it starts with gun fights and horses but also has to have deeper levels. And invariably, there is a vulnerable character in the story. Might be a woman, might be a child. Or it's baby odaits and detective stories are like that too. That's capital l love.

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