shawnfrench.com - Writer Shawn French

Description: During my 30-year run as a writer and editor, I tried a bit of everything before finally finding my home in the glorious madness of narrative design. ...

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During my 30-year run as a writer and editor, I tried a bit of everything before finally finding my home in the glorious madness of narrative design.

I've paid the bills as a comedy writer (stand-up, sketch, radio) and newspaper editor. I wrote a comic-book series endorsed by Clive Barker and edited many others, including dozens of books for Scout Comics' Black Caravan imprint. I wrote/directed the horror movie The Wrong House and played monsters in several other films. For Epic Tavern, I created hundreds of quests, 160 unique hero backstories, and did extensive world-building. For Murder on the Midway (which I also code), I designed dialogue trees and c

I thrive on complexity, I have a quiet, dedicated home office deep in the Maine wilderness and impeccable references as a remote writer. It is my firm belief that having worked in damn-near every storytelling medium known to humankind has prepared me to handle anything a project throws at me.