Warrior Writer Recap

So, the Warrior Writer Workshop. I was scared it was going to be too similar to Todd A. Stone’s Novelist’s Boot Camp, but reading the book, Who Dares Wins, I realized the Blood Lessons and the Circle of Success rang much truer and allowed me to take those ideas beyond the writing and see the applicability to other parts of my life. This is for those who want to be the elite, not just the rank and file. One is filled with only tactical approaches, Warrior Writer is a strategic approach that helps you build for overall success.

I dislike lecturers who can only give you the highlights of what’s already covered in the textbook. Bob Mayer does not do this, he goes beyond his book and even his slides and makes it personal. I think Bob also has an advantage in that he’s lived both sides of what he’s teaching and he admits he is learning right along with us.

It’s interesting to see the Circle of Success in action with the different levels represented in the workshop. Bob was circling around again himself with his goals of educating authors and improving the workshop. The multi-published authors were on another plane and the less experienced writers were lower yet, but not excluded by any means. What is a strategic goal for a newer writer such as “finishing my novel” is merely one of the many tactical goals that the more experienced writers are looking at. I love the modularity of it. Once you’ve read or attended once, there are plenty more layers to come back and discover and learn about yourself.

It was interesting how one of the recurring comments was “I can’t believe more people aren’t jumping on this!” We concluded, and it was a real revelation for Bob, that just by showing up, we were ahead of the game. You have to be ready to hear some of the things he’s saying and to look inward and be honest with yourself, never mind these strangers sitting around the table, about your strengths and weaknesses that are going to affect how you approach the world and your writing.

I think just reading the book and doing the exercises would be worthwhile, IF you are serious about wanting to change how you do things and you can be honest with yourself in your answers. The deeper you can dig, the more you will be rewarded. If you are passionate about something, it will make all the necessary hard work all the easier too.

If you have a chance to attend one of Bob’s Warrior Writer workshops or sessions, I recommend jumping on the chance to participate. You won’t regret it!