Writing Wednesdays: The Most Important Writing Lesson I Ever Learned

By Steven Pressfield | Published: October 21, 2009 My first real job was in advertising.I worked as a copywriter for an agency called Benton & Bowles in New York City.An artist or entrepreneur's first job inevitably bends the twig.It shapes who you'll become.If your freshman outing is in journalism, your brain gets tattooed (in a good way) with who-what-where-when-why, fact-check-everything, never-bury-the-lead.If you start out as a photographer's assistant, you learn other stuff.If you plunge into business on your own, the education is about self-discipline, self-motivation, self-validation.

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