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Writing Samples: Work
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Hades: Suffer the Fates
Original DLC Concept

Creative director & writer Greg Kasavin likened the early access writing process on Hades to writing a season of television. Here, I pose the question: What would a season two of Hades look like?

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What began as a fun thought experiment for a game I love during my participation in The Narrative Department: Game Writing Masterclass II, cascaded into full-blown fan-fiction.

A Clash of Egos

What would happen if Nathan Drake (Uncharted), Falco Lombardi (Star Fox), and Vivi (Final Fantasy IX) got stuck in an elevator? Find out in this short scenario I wrote during my participation in The Narrative Department: Game Writing Masterclass II.

Game Writing Test: Prompt & Deliverable

This is a 15-page screenplay sample created during an application process to be a writer on a narrative-driven cinematic project. 

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The prompt contains specific elements, including character sketches and story beats. The deliverable demonstrates my ability to stick to the brief, write in an established voice, and explore branching narrative with the prompt's one required player choice.

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Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Narrative Analysis

Hellblade was the game I couldn't shut up about after I experienced it for the first time in 2017.


Here is an analysis I wrote as a way to better understand what it was about Hellblade that appealed to me so much. This analysis was submitted to the GDC Game Narrative Summit.

Hellblade: The Wilds of Orkney
Original DLC Concept

Conceived during my participation in The Narrative Department: Game Writing Masterclass I, this original DLC concept for Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice takes place before the events of the base game, during a time when Senua is ostracized from her village and people within The Wilds of Orkney, on a personal journey to overcome her fear of the "darkness" her father says lives within her.

N O O B S

Noobs is an original 30-minute dramedy series I developed while working on my MFA in screenwriting.

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This 20-page screenplay sample includes the teaser and first act of the pilot. 

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*Complete screenplay available upon request.*

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Professional Proposal

The job of writers' assistant in a TV writers' room isn't easy. These positions are coveted by many entering the industry, and yet there is no formal training available.

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This is a three-page proposal I wrote about my idea for a writers' assistant training workshop that has already received interest from executives at HBO and WarnerMedia.

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