From Argentina to Australia, America to Scotland, I have arranged panels, presented talks, given masterclasses and designed workshops on writing for professionals and university students. From two-day intensive workshops on games design across South Africa, to bespoke story workshops in Brixton, SW London, I love sharing my passion for writing with other writers, students and development teams.
On my specialities of narrative, script and videogame writing, I have spoken at ECGC, Austin GDC, BAFTA, E.I.E.F. BBC, Channel 4, Ex-Play, WCoS, Animex, Filmbase, Confetti and TAPs.
If you are looking for someone to talk about any aspect of writing, including writing as a professional, or to delve into the dark arts of videogame writing, please contact me . For more information on talks for schools please click here .
Masterclasses, Panels, Courses
I have given talks at a wide range of places and institutions, including –
ECGC
1-hour Character Lab
2-hour Tutorial workshop: Narrative, Character and Worldbuilding
Academy of Interactive Entertainment (Canberra)
Presentation and discussion about the games industry.
Animex
Ondemand Storytelling in Prince of Persia (Telling a Story, Letting the Player tell the Story) – 1-hour talk
Adjective to Character: Creating Characters in Fable Legends – 1-hour talk
3 hour videogames writing workshop
BAFTA
Panels and talks including ‘Player vs Character’ ‘Writing for Games’
BAFTA young game designers – Characterisation & storytelling
BBC
2-hour presentation on the games industry.
Birmingham Book Festival
Interactive Writing – Practical, interactive Games Tutorial – 3 hours
Bournemouth University
2-hour panel event discussing the dos and don’ts of professional writing
Central School of Speech and DramaWriting for videogames MA Professional Development Workshop – Summer Term – games writing talk 2.5 hours
Channel 4
Game On! Are games the new reading? Do games tell a story? – Panel member for C4 event.
ConfettiMarrying Story with Gameplay – 3-hour talk with workshop elements. DevelopPanels including Light bulb to Console – Working with writers, and Fitting a writer into the games development process.
Writing East Midlands
Presentation on the Hero’s Journey and panel discussion.
Edinburgh International Festival
All Talk – Interview and panel event on videogames writing.
Storytelling panel event
ExPlay
2-hour games writing panel.
AGDC
One hour talks and workshops including World Building, Writing Critique, Talking Dialogue, Ondemand Storytelling, Career panel.
Panel session Clash of the Titans : Debating Gameplay vs . Story.
Johann Wolfgang-Goethe Universität (Frankfurt)
English course and session leader
WCOS - World Conference of Screenwriters
1-hour talk - Lights! Camera! Action! - Interactivity and the Art of Immersion
London Metropolitan University
1-hour writing games talk.
LSBU
Panels and presentations including Making Narrative in Games Work, Barks and Branches, Crafting Characters, How to Marry Gameplay with Narrative without Divorcing the Player, A Writer's Guide to the Pitfalls and Practicalities of Videogame Speech Design, Environmental Narrative: Interactive Storytelling for an Interactive Medium
Newcastle College
Professional tutor. Television writing workshops.
Salford UniversityProfessional tutor and lecturer on the Writing for Radio and Television M.A. course. TAPSWriting for games. 2 x 2 -day workshop teaching games writing.
UEL
1-hour talk on videogames writing.
Writers’ Guild of Great Britain
The Dialogue Game – talk on professional games writing.
Screen Yorkshire
1-hour presentation on videogames writing.
London Screenwriters’ Festival
3x panel of professional screenwriters.
DATASPELSBRANSCHEN
Diversity in Character – 1 hour talk
Bfi
Technical and science talk to secondary school pupils – Studying Videogames
Lambeth Writers Festival
2 x Talking Stories 90-minute intensive Scriptwriting Workshop
Netherlands Film Festival
1-hour presentation on writing in the games industry
Cilect 2013 Buenos Aires
1-hour talk - Lights! Camera! Action! - Interactivity and the Art of Immersion
LCCM
Writing Revealed – panel on professional writing
Filmbase (Dublin)2-hour panel session on writing in the games industry. NUJPanel ‘How to build a career in videogames writing’. BAFTA Wales1-hour workshop Wordz! Words? Words! The Writer’s Role in Games. South African Writers’ Guild2 x weekend intensive videogames writing workshops, 1 x 3-hour intensive videogames writing workshop Metropolitan Film SchoolA 3-hour introduction to interactive writing and the games industry.
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