Welcome and thank you for stopping by. My work experience has allowed me to see various forms of writing in both the corporate arena and the arts. One is more informative and gets straight to the point and the other allows for reflective meandering. I, however, think there is a place to meld both mindsets just because creativity plays a key role in garnering an audience. Hence below and on the contact-services page are my bio and creative experience, both past and current.
I graduated with a post-graduate diploma in Teaching Media Studies and a BA focused on Communications and Marketing. In college, I was selected for a mentorship in an advertising agency which showed me the art of the sale in the most creative of ways. Later, while working with media and film studios in both Australia and Canada, I’ve worked on corporate videos and documentaries bought by History Channel until finally directing my own documentary about how people face mid-life traumas.
I’ve since had the greatest pleasure in interviewing and being inspired by Rick Hansen, Bonnie Klein, Sam Sullivan and Arthur Erickson which has led to helping others, such as ConnecTra, on non-profit projects.
As someone that loves the literary forms of writing, I’ve had experience with film and play scripts after winning a broadcast license for Billie Buckwheat & Madam White Snake in a television contest. This was pre-empted by a dramaturge mentorship offer by Kathleen Weiss who taught me the basics of play writing. This generosity of her time allowed me to turn a short story Fly On The Wall to a full length play which was chosen as a finalist for the BC Playwriting competition.
Since then, I’ve ventured into fiction inspired by the work of Peter Carey, Nicole Krauss and many other writers that meld pathos and humor sometimes a little subversively. A wide reading perspective has allowed me to create comprehension stories for the Ministry of Education and on a very different scale, edit other people’s fiction and memoir manuscripts.
Whether it is reviewing a script or giving writers feedback on their short stories, I always feel the same excitement as I know that the right words can touch others in a visceral way which will cause a reader to ponder, laugh and maybe even engender change.
If there is anything you need to query or discuss, feel free to tap away on the computer and send! (michwg33-at-yahoo.com)