There is a problem with both wanting to be a writer and wanting to be somebody who Does Things. The first is someone who makes up worlds for others to play in, and with a little luck is rewarded somewhat decently and helps others make new versions of those worlds in other media. The latter is also someone who makes up a world, but chooses to enact his stories in the real world – like a businessman, or a lawyer, or something of that sort. I would like to do both, but I’m discovering that by trying to do both I’m not able to do either very well. Rats.
After researching transmedia storyworlds at MIT, guiding Microsoft in its CTO/CXO's think tank, co-founding Microsoft Studios' Narrative Design team, and exploring the future of entertainment and media as the Creative Director and a Research Fellow for USC's Annenberg Innovation Lab, I'm now the Creative Director for USC's World Building Media Lab, a storyteller, a designer, a consultant, and a doctoral student in Media Arts and Practice at USC's School of Cinematic Arts. more »
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