Talks

Videogames Television Radio/Theatre Film Animation Comics Talks

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 Drama

Writing 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.

Confetti

Marrying Story with Gameplay – 3-hour talk with workshop elements.

Develop

Panels 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