Author Archives: Damien Walter

Sailing the Ocean of Story

Small group workshops and 1-2-1 editorial coaching Within each of us is an ocean of story. It is the source of every tale, fable, myth and story ever told. The waters of the ocean are inexhaustible. The more you draw from them, the stronger they become. I work 1-2-1 and in small groups with writersContinue reading “Sailing the Ocean of Story”

Foundation season 2 : the hate-watch

00:00 An improvement?
03:16 4 shameful decisions
06:52 91% exposition
09:47 5 excuses DISMISSED
11:44 Asimov’s high concepts – The Mule, Foundation & Psychohistory

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0.0017% of the budget of Fake Tolkien

WOO-HOOOOO! Just started and the crowdfund for The Ocean of Story is already well on the way! This is a big challenge, to create EIGHT x 1 hour episodes, an ENTIRE season of this story, for $8000 That’s 0.0017% of the budget of Fake Tolkien!! Which is a little ironic, as The Worst Elf, seasonContinue reading “0.0017% of the budget of Fake Tolkien”

The Ocean of Story – MEMBER PREVIEW

The Ocean of Story combines the ancient traditions of oral storytelling with the hypermodern technologies of generative AI. But more on this when it launches for real. Today, members can get an early preview of The Worst Elf, season 1 of The Ocean of Story. In fact this is chapter 1, of episode 1, ofContinue reading “The Ocean of Story – MEMBER PREVIEW”

JJ Abrams – first horseman of the narrative apocalypse

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Why are Netflix pimping Carl Sagan in their 3 Body trailer?

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Is Star Wars science fiction?

The Science Fiction community on Facebook have been arguing for a week straight about the status of Star Wars as science fiction…or not. So here is my ultimate and final answer (almost) to the question.

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