I’ve been fortunate to have the opportunity to write website copy for numerous brands across a variety of industries. My first paid writing gig was for a random Craigslist guy’s carpet cleaning business, which showed me how much I enjoy crafting content in a specific voice.

example 1:

From reality shows like Born Schizophrenic on TLC, prestigious award shows like the Visual Effects Society Awards and SMPTE Honors, we produce content that informs, entertains, and delights. We know how to tell stories that highlight real people, real life, and deserving missions with real stakes.

example 2:

We’re proud to have some of the most experienced, dedicated Tour Directors and driver guides in the industry. The men and women that lead YMT’s tours are true experts, with passion and experience leading mature travelers all over the world. Several of our tours are handled exclusively by local Tour Directors and driver guides, whose pride and enthusiasm for their home is infectious. These leaders will show you what makes the area you’re visiting special to the people who live there. You’ll enjoy a deeper connection, appreciation, and understanding of the local culture and your experiences.

We believe this insider’s perspective, that only a member of the community can provide, makes travel just that much richer. Since the beginning in 1967, YMT has been proud to employ local Tour Directors on all of our Hawaii vacations, and our guests can’t say enough wonderful things about them. And the local driver guides on our Ireland tours are one of the many reasons guests rate our Ireland tours more than 4 out of 5 stars.

example 3:

You Smell Like Shrimp has, like all great works of art, an awkward creation story involving ex-boyfriends, Diablo Cody, and a creepy side-plot that upon further inspection has an uncomfortably predatory stench.

Basically, it all began when Diana (me, the screenwriter, and yes I’ll be speaking in third person from now on) tried to distract herself from the devastation of a brutal dumping by watching the 2007 teen pregnancy romp Juno for the twelfth time. The story of two weirdos with interesting vocabularies tiptoeing around their feelings for their best friend spoke to the miserable Diana. We’re nutty like that, she thought. We’re poor communicators… I should write a script of my own about this!

So she wrote the script, showed it to her mother, and sat on it for five years until her future husband Kyle asked to read it, asked to make it, and made it.