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The James Altucher Show

How to write a military thriller with Brandon Webb and John David Mann

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

People always put you in a box when you have become successful in "the" one field and one genre. Sometimes, when people do try something new, that didn't usually work out for them.However, this is not what happened to Brandon Webb, a former United States Navy SEAL, SEAL Sniper course Head Instructor, and author, and John David Mann, an award-winning author.They both went on from being successful in writing non-fiction to, now thriller novel writers that not just have one book, but a sequel to the previous book as well, Cold Fear.So, naturally, I have to have both of them on, to ask them, how did they do it? How did they transition from writing non-fiction to writing a thriller, and also, how to write a thriller novel?Visit Notepd.com to read more idea lists, or sign up and create your own idea list!My new book Skip The Line is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever you get your new book!Join You Should Run For President 2.0 Facebook Group, and we discuss why should run for president.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast.Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts:Apple PodcastsStitcheriHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on Social Media:YouTubeTwitterFacebook ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.8

This is the James Altiger Show.

0:12.8

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:16.3

Always love talking to my friend Brandon Webb.

0:19.0

Always interesting to me because he's a Navy SEAL.

0:21.2

He's as a company, software, SOFREP.com, which is like a military intelligence news website.

0:28.7

He took his Navy SEAL experience and turned it into a set of thrillers.

0:34.8

And the latest one just came out, Cold Fear, that he co-wrote with John David Mann.

0:40.0

So I have Brandon and John on the podcast.

0:42.7

Let's talk about how do you write a thriller?

0:44.7

I mean, these guys hadn't any experience writing thrillers, particularly military thrillers

0:49.8

before.

0:50.8

They'd written a bunch of books, but no fiction.

0:53.4

And now they've been writing these bestselling thrillinels.

0:55.8

And they are page-turning thrillers.

0:58.7

I highly recommend them.

1:00.2

And I love my conversation about Cold Fear that I had with Brandon Webb, John David Mann.

1:05.0

Here it is.

1:15.0

Let's start the podcast.

1:16.0

I want to reel it back to the beginning.

1:18.4

First off, Brandon, to start with you, you were a Navy SEAL as we've talked many times

1:22.0

on the podcast, you started the sniper school of the Navy SEALs, which the movie American

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