The Authentic Swing: Notes from the Writing of a First Novel PDF
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BLACK IRISH ENTERTAINMENT LLC 65 CENTRAL PARK WEST NEW YORK, NY 10023 COPYRIGHT © 2013 BY STEVEN PRESSFIELD BOOK AND COVER DESIGN BY HSU+ASSOCIATES ART BY STEVEN PRESSFIELD SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FLORIDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR PERMISSION TO REPRINT THE PHOTO OF BOBBY JONES AND WALTER HAGEN ON PAGE 73. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST BLACK IRISH ENTERTAINMENT PAPERBACK EDITION JUNE 2013 FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIAL DISCOUNTS FOR BULK PURCHASES, PLEASE VISIT WWW.BLACKIRISHBOOKS.COM TRADE PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1936891139 EBOOK ISBN: 978-1-936591-07-8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ALSO BY STEVEN PRESSFIELD FICTION The Profession Killing Rommel The Afghan Campaign The Virtues of war Last of the Amazons Tides of War Gates of Fire The Legend of Bagger Vance NONFICTION The Lion’s Gate (2014) Turning Pro The Warrior Ethos Do the Work The War of Art For Phil , and for Henry TABLE OF CONTENTS PART ONE: FINDING THE IDEA PART TWO: HOW A WRITER THINKS PART THREE: WRITING IT PART FOUR: THE AUTHENTIC SWING PART FIVE: THE MOVIE PART SIX: WRITE THE NEXT ONE GOLFERS & WRITERS T his book is intended more for writers than for golfers. It’s about the writing process. However, golf is the subject of my first novel, The Legend of Bagger Vance, so a word or two may be useful as we start. Someone very wise once observed that golf is different from other sports in that, viewed from the outside, by someone who has never played it, the game looks utterly lame and incomprehensible. Golf? Please. It just seems dumb. A country club pastime indulged in by rich white guys in plaid pants. The same cannot be said about skiing, say, or sky-diving, or even baseball. From the outside, these sports look like fun. We get it. We don’t have to play the sport to understand its appeal. Nor has golf been well served by movies, including the movie of The Legend of Bagger Vance. Only wild-and-crazy lampoons like Caddyshack and Happy Gilmore have fared well, or deserved to. Every time a filmmaker attempts a serious take on golf, the effort sinks without a trace. On the other hand, if we’re fair, we must admit that numerous highly sophisticated athletes, legends in sports other than golf—Michael Jordan, say, or John Elway, or Wayne Gretzky—are themselves passionate, and even obsessive, adherents of the game. Are you gonna tell Michael Jordan he’s crazy? Me neither. The non-golfer must acknowledge, however grudgingly, that though he himself might not get it, perhaps there is something to this game after all. So please, dear reader, as you venture into these pages, do so with an open mind. Bear with me. I promise I will try to craft the experience in such a way as to render this incomprehensible game at least slightly comprehensible, or as comprehensible as is possible to us mortals. PART ONE FINDING THE IDEA
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