Other writing samples / personal projects / works-in-progress

Here are links to a few writing samples, both published and unpublished. Some are film script-writing projects that I developed on my own time, in between my full time jobs and my free-lance work. Others are personal memoirs, chapters of a biography not yet written for a life not yet lived out. As such, these samples reveal something about me, while they also indicate the kinds of things I would like to work on —if I were independently wealthy or had financial support. Neither of those breaks has yet arrived on my doorstep, so I will continue to happily offer my writing and communications skills to the business world at large.

I include these samples here, I suppose, to indicate not only my personal interests, but also to demonstrate an ability to write in yet another medium, or style, altogether different from the other, client-sponsored samples on this site. Yet, what I've done here for myself is also applicable to what I do for clients, especially, for example, in the case of corporate video scripts I've written and produced.

Bottom line: I'm versatile, and I enjoy a broad range of communications challenges. While I've always hoped —like every other dreamer in America— to sell a screenplay to Hollywood, fortunately I have found throughout my career that there are plenty of other opportunities to be creative and useful in the marketing and corporate communications sector. I would hope the work samples I've included elsewhere on this portfolio site testify to that. After all, that's why I put together this site: to solicit work from as wide a range of clients and employers as possible.

A Different Drummer

The Wilhelm Reich Story

A film treatment for a dramatic, feature-length motion picture about the life and work of Dr. Wilhelm Reich, a visionary scientist whose controversial explorations into the nature of life energy aroused the anger of every country he worked in and which resulted in the United States burning his books and throwing him in jail, where he died, allegedly of a heart attack. Fascinating stuff. The high technology of the future.

Findhorn, The Magic Garden

A film treatment for a dramatic, feature-length motion picture based on the community in Scotland founded by Peter Caddy and his wife.

The Empire Strikes Out

A personal memoir detailing my experiences working as a janitor for LucasFilm while looking for a break in the entertainment industry that never came.

A Visit with Sean O'Faolain

My first published work. As a Colgate University junior majoring in English and studying in Europe, I read the work of Irish author Sean O'Faolain and I wrote up my experience visiting him at his home for the Caliper, Colgate's literary magazine.

( I retain all copyrights to my work that was not done as a work-for-hire for an employer or a client. All Rights Reserved. No reproduction allowed without prior permission. )