Morrell spoke with endearing candor about his life’s experiences and path to becoming a writer, much of which you can read about-if you haven’t had the pleasure to hear him speak in person-in his 2012 essay Rambo and Me: The Story Behind the Story. I’d have likely attended the workshop regardless, but given that on my most recent vacation I lazed on the beach and read three Morrell novels in a row, the happenstance of it all seemed too providential to dismiss.ĭuring both his seminar and keynote address, Mr.
In a plot convenience straight out of a first-draft screenplay, Writer’s Digest recently hosted a novel-writing conference here in Los Angeles among the seminars offered was a “Historical Fiction Boot Camp”-taught by no less than bestselling author David Morrell, who introduced the world to Rambo in his inaugural novel, First Blood (1972). Here I am-intrepid screenwriter-gearing up to embark on a dizzying new adventure in my writing career: my first full-length novel-a work of historical fiction (with supernatural twist, of course-the change in venue isn’t indicative of revamped storytelling sensibilities on my part!).
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