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History reminds us that the present did not appear overnight. After completing a Bachelor of Arts in History, I continue to explore the people, places, and events that shaped America, with a particular interest in military history and the stories that often go untold. Every battlefield, historic home, and forgotten trail offers another opportunity to understand the choices, sacrifices, and ideas that continue to influence our lives today.
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UNT writing
Video Game Storytelling: Revised Cutscene
“Into the Darkness” is a first-person shooter action-adventure RPG game with interactive cut scenes. You play as the character...
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Video Game Storytelling: Cutscene Script
A cutscene script for a side mission to save a fisherman from a crocodile attack while playing the game Into the Darkness.
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Video Game Storytelling: First Player Character Template—The Gray Wolf
Gruff with coarse language but philosophical and thoughtful when comfortable with someone.
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Video Game Storytelling: Into the Darkness Game Concept
The game player plays as Jordan Parker, a former Army Ranger who now works as a Team Leader for Markum Consultants
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Video Game Storytelling: Take Us Into Your World
Into the Darkness is a game based on the war against child trafficking. The game player plays as Jordan Parker, a former Army Ranger who...
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"We Are Not Heroes" with Critical Introduction: A Meaningful Revision
"11/11" always bothered me because I didn't feel I captured how I felt about my growth as a Veteran. So, I broke it, and it came out better
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"11/11": An Essay about Growing as a Veteran
Being a Veteran was a little bit of a different journey. I look back and realize how immature and entitled I felt. I outgrew that bullshit.
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"Halloween": A Flash Essay with Caramel Apples
This time, we could go up to 1000 words. It was also due October 30th, so what better time than to write about my favorite holiday?
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"Neighborhood Creeks": My First Flash Essay
A revised version of this essay is the first piece I submitted to a publisher looking for flash nonfiction. It was rejected.
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Flash Nonfiction Experimentals
A "flash essay" is a very short, concise essay that focuses on a single, impactful moment or idea..it started with experimentals.
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"The Stanger in a Changed Land": A Third-Person Memoir
For my final memoir essay, I debated point-of-view changes. I considered using the second person; however, I decided on the third person.
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"I Like the Way You Move": An Epistolary Memoir
When I was ready to write my second memoir, I decided to experiment again. I went the route of the epistolary...
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"When God Called My Marker": My First Memoir
This first memoir, "When God Called My Marker," was written in less than a week since I volunteered to be one of the first three...
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"A Trail of Quarters": Post-Workshop Revised Story
In the case of this story, the story wasn't revised as drastically as I have with others, but I still made some dramatic changes overall.
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"A Trail of Quarters": A Pre-Workshop Story
This story is adapted from the Grimm’s fairy tale “Hansel and Gretel.” This adaption is set in the 2010s in Anywhere, USA..
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"Bronze Mania": A Psychiatric Case Turned Short Story
A bronze sword thrust violently into the air, glistening in the radiance of four tubes of 60-watt fluorescence.
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"The Assassination of Helen Katsoros": A Post-Workshop Story
The assignment post-workshop was to take the critiques and make substantial changes to the story...I accepted that challenge.
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"A Cost for Anything Gained": A Pre-Workshop Story
The assignment was to write a story where the protagonist gained something but came at a cost. This was my pre-workshop story.
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Scene Clusters from Intermediate Fiction
In this class, we wrote a short, mid, and long scene within specified word counts. These are raw writing pieces, far from polished products.
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