Steven Pressfield

And yeah, I can't even imagine that.

Music?

Uh, I'm very aware of, of the reader in the sense of, um,

Let's say it's a scene that I'm writing, and I know certain things have to happen in this scene.

Character A has to do something, character B, da-da-da-da.

And so I'm trying to put that down, but I'm thinking...

Is the reader understanding?

Have I got this in the right order for them?

Am I boring them?

Did I say that two pages ago and now I'm repeating myself?

But I'm not having a conversation.

I'm just trying to make it as easy and as interesting and as fun as I can for the reader.

And I'm always trying to make sure that I'm leading them.

I'm seducing them.

I'm trying to reel them in, you know, and not bore them, you know.

By the end of this chapter or scene, I want the reader to be thinking, oh, I can't wait to turn the page and see what happens next.

No, I never even thought about it as a kid.

No, I mean, just like anybody else would.

But no, I was never like a, you know, a storyteller or anything.

I was not a kid that wanted to be a writer.