How to Write Incredibly Well (Jack Carr Interview)

Learn more about Alpha School at ⁠https://go.alpha.school/howiwrite Jack Carr is a master at writing thrillers. He's a former Navy SEAL turned author who loves books and storytelling. When he walked in, I told him, "I want you to teach me how you write so visually. You're so good at visually taking the minutiae of combat and violence, writing about weapons in a way that comes to life on the page. How do you actually do that?" And this is a guy whose method clearly works. He publishes a new novel every year, has built a successful writing business, and Amazon Prime adapted his book, The Terminal List, into an original series starring Chris Pratt. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:36 Books that influenced Jack 00:03:50 Turning memories into scenes 00:06:02 The Executive Summary method 00:12:33 There are no writing rules 00:15:21 How to make characters come alive 00:20:03 Writing books vs TV shows 00:22:16 Jack's writing mantras 00:30:02 Breaking down Jack's writing 00:33:58 The key to Jack's research 00:36:20 One notebook per book 00:38:42 The business of selling books 00:42:43 Is it ok to be commercial 00:49:34 How to describe a place that feels alive 00:56:43 Never listen to the odds 00:58:22 What makes good dialogue 01:02:14 What makes his protagonist unique 01:05:57 How to get published *About the host* Hey! I’m David Perell and I’m a writer, teacher, and podcaster. I believe writing online is one of the biggest opportunities in the world today. For the first time in human history, everybody can freely share their ideas with a global audience. I seek to help as many people publish their writing online as possible. *Follow me* Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-i-write/id1700171470 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DavidPerellChannel Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DjMSboniFAeGA8v9NpoPv X: https://x.com/david_perell

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