Well met!

I’ve worked in screenwriting, playwriting, and fiction and spend most of my free time reading/playing tabletop RPGs. I’m versed in dialogue, narrative structure, and character development. I’m proud to be a proactive communicator who readily adapts to feedback and can change project priority on a moment’s notice.

My career highlight (so far!) is being published in 4-time BAFTA nominated Stoic Studio’s Banner Saga: Tales from the Caravan.

Runners-up? Either actually finishing a DND campaign or having Rupert Holmes (lyricist/composer of the Pina Colada song) compliment my writeup of his musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Portfolio

Prose

Moonlit Patio

Premiered at Theatre Lab’s First Annual New Play Festival. A short play about a writer trying one last time to write something that matters.

Banner Saga: Tales from the Caravan

An anthology series set in the award-winning Banner Saga universe, I authored the short story The Caravan From Tistel.

Store Link: Stoic Studios

Narrative Development

Embracing Horror

We’re working on a horror game and our core design pillar is to motivate the player to embrace the horror. I write up a story built around player actions and this pillar. Then we get feedback that players want to crouch and I’m asked to incorporate crouching into the story. Here’s how I’d do it.

Same Game, New Plots

The team is proud of our story. Then the producer comes in and says we’re scrapping it. The new story needs to work with the mechanics and world to present the same fantasy but with a new plot. How about three?

The Lone Varl

I looked to my favorite tough decision emulator, Stoic Studio’s The Banner Saga, to flowchart a scene where different parties with their own goals and resources come into conflict and it’s up to the player to handle the situation. No good or evil, just moral quandaries and consequences.

Game Writing

Red Rider

Play as a carrier who must navigate the treacheries of the woods and that which lies within as you race to save a dying woman. With each choice comes opportunity and consequence.

An interactive fiction game based on the fairy tale of Little Red Riding Hood.

The World’s Greatest Detectives

A scene in screenplay format where three detectives are confronted by the mystery of an elevator’s interrupted descent. Featuring Batman (Batman The Telltale Series), Bigby Wolf (The Wolf Among Us), and Cole Phelps (L.A. Noire).

Testimonials

“He has an outstanding vocabulary and an unprecedented ability to understand my approach and help convey my ideas in a clear manner. His writing style is both whimsical while at the same time being educational and informative.”

— Amanda Johnson, Artist & Designer

“From his articles to his scripts, Alex always brings a clear and concise voice that pulls you in right away.”

— Dana Munson, Marketing Director at The Maltz Jupiter Theatre

“Alex is highly intelligent, abundantly creative, and intensely driven.”

— Matt Stabile, Producing Artistic Director of Theatre Lab

“It is rare to come across an individual who not only listens, but further possesses the ability to rapidly translate input and successfully apply it. Alex is one such person.”

— Steven Caras, Guest Speaker & Arts Consultant

Contact

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