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With host professional screenwriter Mark Sevi, discussions with writers of scifi, horror, and true crime fiction and non-fiction, and also professionals who work in crime. Episode 05: Author David Putnam Show Notes April 11, 2019 EP 5 David Putnam Joins Mark Sevi David Putnam always wanted to be a cop. His career in law enforcement has spanned over thirty years. He has worked in narcotics, served on FBI-sponsored violent crimes teams, and was cross-sworn as a U.S. Marshall, pursuing murder suspects and bank robbers in Arizona, Nevada, and California. Putnam did three tours on the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s S.W.A.T. team, executing dynamic entries, hostage rescues, and serving as team sniper. He has also worked Criminal Intelligence, Internal Affairs, and has supervised corrections, patrol, and a detective bureau. After twenty-eight years of California law enforcement, Putnam moved to Hawaii where he worked as a Special Agent for the Attorney General investigating smuggling and white-collar crimes. Putnam is retired and lives in Southern California where he farms organic avocado trees with his wife, Mary. A Conversation With Author David Putnam 00:00:00 INTRO Intro Music and Spoken Intro by Mark Sevi 00:00:45 DAVID'S BACKGROUND 00:04:00 WHEN DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD WRITE? 00:06:00 WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS? 00:07:00 ARE YOU BORED WRITING ABOUT ONE CHARACTER? 00:09:00 WHY DO YOU PURSUE THIS WORLD OF VIOLENCE?#anatomyofviolence #whatittakestoshootsomeone 00:11:00 DO YOU HAVE EMOTIONAL OR MENTAL REPERCUSSIONS FROM YOUR PREVIOUS WORK? 00:13:00 GIVEN YOUR BACKGROUND ARE YOU LUCKY TO BE ALIVE? 00:14:00 DO YOU LIKE BEING COMPARED TO JOSEPH WAMBAUGH? 00:15:00 WHAT ADVICE ON WRITING WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR YOUNGER SELF? 00:15:30 MYSTERY VS SUSPENSE STRUCTURES 00:17:00 THE FOUR C's 00:21:00 FAVORITE AUTHORS 00:22:00 ANYTHING OF YOURS GOING TO TV SOON? 00:24:00 PREQUELS 00:26:00 OUT #davidputnam #brunojohnson #jimbutcher #writersprocess #writeordie #copptsd #writersvoice #fourcs #mysteryvsthriller #josephwanbaugh #jonathanmoore #cjbox #longmire #robertjohnson #TheReckless #TheInnocents #TheVanquished #TheSquandered #TheReplacements #TheDisposables #theheartless #fireatwill #thebunboyofbaker #scwa #maddymargarita #madelinetighemargarita DAVID'S AMAZON PAGE DAVID'S WEBSITE Need a Writing Class? For info go to www.scriptwritingclasses.org LEARN PODCASTING For info go HERE UPCOMING AT C3 Vape and Coffee (www.ocfilmandtv.com) MEETUP DETAILS Need a Writing Class? For info go to www.scriptwritingclasses.org #scriptwritingclasses.org #ocscreenwriters #ocfilmandtv QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? 919-Scripts www.ocscreenwriters.com Write Better Dialogue - Mark's Latest Article For Creative Screenwriting Magazine. www.ocfilmandtv.com #richdalessio #c3vapeandcoffee Call 816-WRITERS for info on the MeetUps Meetup www.ocscreenwriters.com / www.ocfilmandtv.com HEY! Tell us what is your favorite Scifi, Romantic Comedy or Comic Book movie? Call (919) Scripts and shout it out to us. Resources: 919-SCRIPTS to leave a message/ask questions. www.plotpoints.com (show blog and more) www.ocscreenwriters.com - by writers for writers. Be Inspired, Do Good Work! Need a Writing Class? For info go to www.scriptwritingclasses.org #scriptwritingclasses.org Writers Guild Registration – www.wgawregistry.org U.S. Copyright Office - www.copyright.gov Podcast available on iTunes All Material copyright (c) Mark Sevi #marksevi Fair Use Act Disclaimer This podcast/website is for educational purposes only. Fair Use Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Fair Use Definition Fair use is a doctrine in United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders, such as commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching or scholarship. It provides for the legal, non-licensed citation or incorporation of copyrighted material in another author’s work under a four-factor balancing test.