Introduction To My Non-Fiction Portfolio:
The road to scriptwriting success is long, winding and infested with banditos, creativity snipers and dead ends (“dead” being the operative word). I’m not one to quit just because it’s the most sensible thing to do, however, and I refuse to submit to taking an unrelated job while I strive to establish myself. More people have found success at MacDonald’s than they have at writing, and I’ll be damned if I’m gonna be one of ‘em.
Therefore, I pay my way by writing for magazines, online publications and newspapers.
I’m happy to admit this is my “bread and butter” writing, but what I didn’t expect was the massive benefits this work provides. Not only does it keep my pencil sharp, but it’s taught me the importance of “tight” writing, adaptive style and, perhaps most importantly of all, the business of writing.
Writers talk constantly about conflict with a producer or an editor; a pivotal level from a game has been dropped, an essential scene from a movie has been cut, a character has been completely removed from a comic, and all to torment the poor writer. I’ve learned – through running my own writing business – that editors and producers don’t simply drop content. They’re responsible for making a creative project pay the bills and fund the next creative project, and without that continuing business a writer has no hope of anyone ever seeing their work find its way to the public.
Understanding the importance (and personal benefit) of always meeting a tight deadline is fundamental for any wordsmith. Non-fiction is an essential practice for any professional writer.
Getting paid (occasionally) for writing is no bad thing when it comes to keeping up morale, either.
On the left are Sub Pages with an introduction (and my scrambled thoughts on) non-fictino mediums, while below are links to samples of my non-fiction work.