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The Superman archetype and American Imperialism

Strange New Worlds is a simpler Star Trek

The slow-mo car crash of Amazon’s The Rings of Power

LitFic vs SciFi – the consilience position

Doctor Strange and the Meaning of Magic

The Northman : a map of the Unfathered man (with intro)

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Essays

Digital nomads are a 21st century counter culture

Slouching Toward Nimmanhaemin Digital nomads are a 21st century counterculture. The choices they make today will shape how we live and work tomorrow. Words and pictures byContinue reading “Digital nomads are a 21st century counter culture”

Only a creator culture can save us

We’re trying to rebuild a failed consumer culture. We need to make a new creator culture instead. Published in Culture – A Reader for Writers, editor JohnContinue reading “Only a creator culture can save us”

One very useful thing to know about depression

Through the month of September 2017 I fought a small scale conflict, against an army of negative thoughts and emotions that had claimed the territory of myContinue reading “One very useful thing to know about depression”

Writing Practice: why it’s time to stop thinking of writing as a profession

If you go to a good art school (and yes you STEM readers out there, such places do exist) they teach you to think of your artContinue reading “Writing Practice: why it’s time to stop thinking of writing as a profession”

Writing Practice

How did Billions become the best show on tv?

Stop using guns as a symbol of personal empowerment

DAMO: Rebranded

Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it.

What is the most important skill any writer can master?

This exercise will make you a stronger writer (WARNING: it’s hard.)

The first rule of contract negotiation for writers

Non-Aristotelian storytelling is a thing. Just don’t expect it to box office.

Learn a lesson from the slush pile

Story is the operating system of human consciousness

Ignore the complainers, go ahead and tell your story

What’s the number ONE reason you aren’t writing?

Do not take the audience for novels for granted

A brief thought on Television Prose

It’s actually fine to steal from writers you love.

Yes. There is a secret to great storytelling.

Writers…do you know your Revenue Per Reader?

What is the rhetoric of story?

Why is the Kindle store so cheap and seedy?

The Nomad Writer

Five years. 555 runs. Five Lessons.

From zero experience, to three 10k runs a week, then back down to a regular 5k distance, running has changed my life. And taught me some valuable lessons. It’sContinue reading “Five years. 555 runs. Five Lessons.”

The 6-step story pitch

So there you are, face to face with the most important agent in your industry. Instead of turning to jelly, use this 6 step pitch process. Join the RhetoricContinue reading “The 6-step story pitch”

What does a nomad writer pack for 4 years on the road?

Hello! My name is Damien Walter, and I am the nomad writer. I’ve been travelling since November 2013, across Thailand, India, Malaysia and Indonesia. I’m a slow traveller, stayingContinue reading “What does a nomad writer pack for 4 years on the road?”

I found the ultimate digital nomad shoulder bag…the maker surprised me.

For the best part of three years now I’ve been living as a “digital nomad”. Nobody I know, including hundreds of digital nomad friends I’ve made along the way,Continue reading “I found the ultimate digital nomad shoulder bag…the maker surprised me.”

The most important resource for any digital nomad

Over the last few months I’ve met with and spoken to dozens of digital nomads in Chiang Mai to research my feature article on the nomad lifestyle – SlouchingContinue reading “The most important resource for any digital nomad”

I have arrived. I am home. In the here. In the now.

Yesterday I spent the evening with the Green Papaya sangha at the Yoga Tree in Chiang Mai. Around forty people where there, many regulars, some visitors like me. TheContinue reading “I have arrived. I am home. In the here. In the now.”