WRITING PORTFOLIO

  • WHEN NO ONE LOVES YOU

    WHEN NO ONE LOVES YOU

    He was the go-to guy. The go-to for passports, licenses, or, if you wanted to do it all yourself, a birth certificate of a dead infant; always guaranteed to be of your vintage, give or take a few years.

  • Writing Dystopia? Try These Writing Exercises First

    Writing Dystopia? Try These Writing Exercises First

    Before committing to writing a dystopian novel, see how you go with these tasks below.

  • WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO WRITE THE RIGHT ENDING TO YOUR BOOK.

    WHY IT’S IMPORTANT TO WRITE THE RIGHT ENDING TO YOUR BOOK.

    Our brain function is primed to remember the last thing seen, including endings of books and movies.

  • Poverty Porn

    Poverty Porn

    A Screenplay. Poverty Porn questions society’s rationalising of homelessness as an acceptable part of the capitalist social order.

  • What is Dystopian Fiction? Five Characteristics and their Importance

    What is Dystopian Fiction? Five Characteristics and their Importance

    The importance of dystopian fiction is often overlooked, but what is it really about?

  • Platoon, A Forgotten War Movie In A Time Of Chaos

    Platoon, A Forgotten War Movie In A Time Of Chaos

    Platoon’s account of the Vietnam War is a personal one, and one that contributes another piece of the puzzle to the social commentary that, in turn, helps to inform history.

  • Does it matter that film distorts history: A study of 300.

    Does it matter that film distorts history: A study of 300.

    By distorting the accounts of the events at Thermopylae, the film 300 skews ideologies—history is made to fit into a contemporary narrative that violates and fabricates the past in the pursuit of domestic and foreign policy through propaganda.

  • Our Social Cage and Why We’re Reluctant to Accept True Freedom

    Our Social Cage and Why We’re Reluctant to Accept True Freedom

    Historically, the social cage formed through the development of agriculture which, in turn, created social networks around trade. Today it is far more coercive.

  • Final Initiate

    Final Initiate

    In an ever growing world of chaos and uncertainty, Julianna Rae and her Master Watcher, Caden Madison embark on a unprecedented battle for freedom. As new allegiances form and traditions cast away, a hope of survival hangs in the balance as the Reset Project gathers momentum.

  • Uprising

    Uprising

    Julianna has barely survived her first battle with the Militia. Now she must follow her new mentor Master Watcher Caden Madison deeper into a world she desperately doesn’t want.