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How Bestselling Author & TV Producer Dwain Worrell Writes
FromThe Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
How Bestselling Author & TV Producer Dwain Worrell Writes
FromThe Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience
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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Sep 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Bestselling author and award-winning screenwriter, Dwain Worrell, spoke to me about making the move from the writers' room to the cafe, the art and science of suspense, and his debut novel ANDRONE.
Dwain Worrell is an award-winning Marvel and Disney+ TV producer, filmmaker, and novelist whose writing credits include Marvel’s Iron Fist, CBS’s Fire Country, Amazon Studios’ The Wall, and the Disney+ series National Treasure, among others. Dwain also worked as a translator of Mandarin Chinese in Beijing for nearly a decade.
His bestselling debut novel, Androne, is described as a “... near future … highly cinematic and propulsive story [centered] around a terrifying event called the Ninety-Nine, where all major military installations on Earth [are] eviscerated, heralding humanity's start of a war with an unknown enemy.”
Niels Arden Oplev, Director of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo called the book “A crazy-cool ride into the unknown …. [Androne] reads like a high-end videogame on steroids with a destiny of Shakespearean magnitude.”
Publishers Weekly wrote, “... taut intrigue … reels readers into a thrilling yet thoughtful narrative about the futility of war and the cost of doing the right thing…”
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In this file Dwain Worrell and I discussed:
Making the move from screenwriter to novelist during a WGA strike
How he discovered theater after having his basketball dreams dashed
Why writing for TV is harder (and easier) than prose
The inspiration that went into his latest sci-fi thriller
Our mutual love of Hans Zimmer soundtracks
Hanging out with Shakespeare at Chili’s
And a lot more!
Show Notes:
Dwainworrell.com
Dwain Worrell - IMDb
Behind the Science of Writing Good Suspense - Writer's Digest
Androne By Dwain Worrell (Amazon)
Dwain Worrell on Instagram
Dwain Worrell on Twitter
Kelton Reid on Twitter
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Dwain Worrell is an award-winning Marvel and Disney+ TV producer, filmmaker, and novelist whose writing credits include Marvel’s Iron Fist, CBS’s Fire Country, Amazon Studios’ The Wall, and the Disney+ series National Treasure, among others. Dwain also worked as a translator of Mandarin Chinese in Beijing for nearly a decade.
His bestselling debut novel, Androne, is described as a “... near future … highly cinematic and propulsive story [centered] around a terrifying event called the Ninety-Nine, where all major military installations on Earth [are] eviscerated, heralding humanity's start of a war with an unknown enemy.”
Niels Arden Oplev, Director of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo called the book “A crazy-cool ride into the unknown …. [Androne] reads like a high-end videogame on steroids with a destiny of Shakespearean magnitude.”
Publishers Weekly wrote, “... taut intrigue … reels readers into a thrilling yet thoughtful narrative about the futility of war and the cost of doing the right thing…”
[Discover The Writer Files Extra: Get 'The Writer Files' Podcast Delivered Straight to Your Inbox at writerfiles.fm]
[If you’re a fan of The Writer Files, please click FOLLOW to automatically see new interviews. And drop us a rating or a review wherever you listen]
In this file Dwain Worrell and I discussed:
Making the move from screenwriter to novelist during a WGA strike
How he discovered theater after having his basketball dreams dashed
Why writing for TV is harder (and easier) than prose
The inspiration that went into his latest sci-fi thriller
Our mutual love of Hans Zimmer soundtracks
Hanging out with Shakespeare at Chili’s
And a lot more!
Show Notes:
Dwainworrell.com
Dwain Worrell - IMDb
Behind the Science of Writing Good Suspense - Writer's Digest
Androne By Dwain Worrell (Amazon)
Dwain Worrell on Instagram
Dwain Worrell on Twitter
Kelton Reid on Twitter
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Sep 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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