David Perell is a writer, teacher, and podcaster. He believes 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. David seeks to help as many people publish their writing online as possible.

More than 1,500 people from more than 70 countries have participated in David’s Write of Passage programs. The five-week bootcamp draws on David’s experience writing online, building an audience, and his interviews with dozens of great writers on his How I Write Podcast.

On this episode, Chris and David discuss:

• David's upbringing and influences
• David's writing and creative processes
• How the Internet has changed the goals of writers
• The Jetski Theory, the Never Ending "Now" Theory, and other great takes explained

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Links:

David on X

How I Write Podcast - YouTube, Apple, Spotify

Write of Passage

David's website

The 11 laws of show running

What the hell is going on? By David Perell - https://perell.com/essay/what-the-hell-is-going-on/

Topics

(00:00:00) - Intro

(00:02:32) - David’s upbringing

(00:07:43) - The influence of Walt Disney

(00:10:48) - The loss of soul and creativity

(00:15:18) - David’s creative process

(00:17:54) - How David writes

(00:25:50) - Why should other people start writing?

(00:29:14) - Writing in text vs. Google Docs

(00:31:15) - How have people benefitted from your writing program?

(00:33:10) - Storytime

(00:38:17) - Great writers on Twitter

(00:42:38) - How has the internet changed the goals for writers?

(00:42:28) - Setting out to prove or disprove the story of Jesus

(00:51:51) - The Internal Struggle of American Idolatry 

(01:01:24) - David explains various takes

(01:22:33) - How will AI impact the world?

(01:24:35) - The shiny dime theory

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