Neale Sourna
Game
Writer Specialties:
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Remote
/ online creative writing as contract Game Narrative Writer [American
English, born, expert level] since 2007 for worldwide game publishing
clients; including, regular client teams in Russia and Poland. [Client
copyrighted sample texts available upon request.]
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Game Sims for: Sin City-style
Detective.
Detective. Dating (single / marriage). Horror (zombies,
witches, more) / cthulhu
– H P Lovecraft. Shakespeare
– “Much Ado About Nothing”. Gangster / Casino. Mystery / puzzle. Vampires.
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Romance (Contemporary,
Historical, Futuristic; PG13 rating)
§ Romantic Erotica / Erotica (R – NC17 / XXX)
o Short Stories /
Screenplays in genres: Historical. Military. Fantasy. Romance. Sci-fi. Poltergeist and Psychic. Juvenile gender-neutral. Juvenile Detective.
o Full writing
resume with links: http://www.writing-naked.com/NSourna_Writing-Naked.htm
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Individualized,
realistic character-specific dialog, and / or poetic dialog, and psychological
and / or emotional character actions.
o Personalized
dramatic dialogue; often with a touch of fun humor, and certainly human
insight.
o Various character
POVs and tones: male (hardcore and nice guy / straight, gay, neutral),
female (girl next door to noble lady to that bitch you hate and fear /
lesbian, straight, neutral), neutral gender, historical periods,
etc.
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Character!
Drama. Humor. Action. Interpersonal relationships. Even business
relationship dialogs (G-rating).
o Level / quest
suggestions when character choices suggest it.
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Walking
clients through project choices, any arising variables, and the possible multilayered
audience reactions to player text.
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Write and revise game story sequences, story
arcs, and quests, while working with the Design team manager.
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Create and maintain NPC and lead character
information and world back story.
o Collaborate smoothly with the Art and Writing
Manager in developing fully fleshed-out characters and stories.
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Novel
and short story editing; plus, publishing expertise (layout and design:
cover and page). American / British English. InDesign. Photoshop.
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Game
Writing Software: Excel, OpenOffice Calc, OneNote, Word, some Unity (design,
limited coding), some Maxon Cinema 4D, various Facebook game builders.
Other
Experience:
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Educational level film
and educational / professional live theater production (Stage
Manager):
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including script generation,
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actor auditions,
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text readings / rewrites, and
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performance rehearsals,
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plus, full show-running of productions
with audiences.
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Education Film
pre-production, film shoot, and post-production. Adobe Premiere. Celtx. Final Draft.
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Former nationwide ad agency proofreader and editor.
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Occasional Technical Writing or tech usage writer.
MAIN PORTFOLIO LINKS (client projects, personal biz
projects, websites of script excerpts, novel excerpts, stories, game links):
http://www.writing-naked.com/clientprojects.html,
Guru.com
Portfolio: https://www.guru.com/freelancers/nealesourna-s-writing-nakedcom
LINKEDIN
(www.linkedin.com/in/nealesourna): Game Writer Exchange (creator, manager).
FACEBOOK: Cleveland Extras: Film, Video,
TV, Commercial (creator, manager); Production
Assistants and Film Crews – Cleveland / NE OH USA (creator, manager).
Member:
ALLi Alliance of Independent Authors
Former
Member: WGA-W Videogame Writers Caucus; Stage 32
WRITING EXPERIENCE:
NEALE SOURNA’S
WRITING-NAKED.COM. 2006 – present. Cleveland OH. http://www.Writing-Naked.com (portfolio
links)
Self-employed, international clients’
projects with online writing services business. Registered at Guru.com;
formerly with Elance.com / Odesk.com (now
Upwork.com).
Owner, fiction and nonfiction: Game
Writer / Game Narrative Writer, Story Writer, Freelance Writer, Creative Writer, Ghostwriter, Screenwriter,
Web Content, Marketing Copywriter for worldwide clients: writing,
ghostwriting, rewriting, and editing—short stories, novels, synopses and
screenplays (scripts), and game story
narratives; rewrite editing and expansion of training scripts (sales, men’s health) and texts; online
research and writing; SEO optimized web content and copywriting; contracts; and proposals. LINKEDIN, FACEBOOK. [Specific Portfolio URLs available / partial
projects.]
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Online Services to Clients in Russia,
Poland, USA, Philippines / Singapore, Ukraine, Sweden, Australia, United
Kingdom, Germany, Canada, China, etc.
Some of the projects:
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DigitalSeductions.com (May 2023
– Jan 2024)
§ Post
Apocalyptic Diesel Steampunk Women Pirate themed adult game Visual Novel.
Copywriting story’s character dialogs from client outlines.
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Ktulhu Solutions / Sex and Glory Games /
Lessons of Passions Games (Russia Federation)
§ Bloodlines of Shadows Springs (former working title - Twilight) (2021 – 2022): family vampire
war game, original text and character dialog, and image design descriptions. Sample
text. Eight-minute
walk-through https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jot7iP_g3iQ
§ Romance in the Dark (2020 – 2022): cthulhu detective
game text and character dialog from story outline and art images.
· Penelope’s Story (2022)
· Sara’s Story (2021)
· Teresa’s Story (2020)
· Miranda’s Story (2020)
· Events (2020)
§ My Name is David (2019 – 2020), Wiki: game text and character dialog from story outline and art
images. Sample text.
§ Flirting
with Yasmine (2019): game text and character dialog from story outline and art
images.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147000/Flirting_with_Yasmine/
§ Waiting
for You (2019): dating sim game text and character dialog from story
outline and art images.
§ Serbian
Casino (2019): dating sim, revised
game text and character dialog from story outline and art images. https://lopgold.com/index_sc.php
§ Much
Ado About Nothing Game (2017 – 2018): Game narrative, design selection and image design selections,
additional possible levels / quests from character choices. All character
dialog (modernized but still in Shakespearean character), and scenes (redone
originals into creative new scenes).
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Yes, Shakespeare gets sexier! And
more real (Benedict from great to evil. The ladies from standard “virgin”, to
seeking romance, to seeking to be satisfied.)
http://sexandglory.com/index_maan.php
http://www.writing-naked.com/MAAN.html
§ “Metropolis:
Lux Obscura” [Sin City Comic Project] on Steam (2015 –
2017):
https://store.steampowered.com/app/671390/Metropolis_Lux_Obscura/
Best storytelling @
White Nights Conference 2016
Excellence in audio
@ DevGAMM Moscow 2016
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(2017) Rewriting
tweaks, reproofing
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(2015 - 2016)
story narrative from story outline, character stylized dialog, descriptive
design of art images, and new title.
§ “The
Locket”
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(2017)
Rewrite to new approach
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(2016)
Game narrative from basic outline, descriptive design of art images.
§ “Arkham: The Dark Legacy”, a Lovecraft Project (2015) initial game story and design
elements adapted from author H.P. Lovecraft’s novels http://sexandglory.com/index_adl.php
§ “Girl With Tattoos” full game narrative and game design
(2014) http://sexandglory.com/index_tat.php
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“Tattoo Girl” test short game (2014)
§ “Mysterious Island”
(2014): (zombie) full game narrative, some
levels planning.
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http://sexandglory.com/index_mi.php
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Yacht / Zombie Island Game (2013)
test story and design
§ Adult
Sleuth (2011): 7 Days
Game story rewrite, additional story writing
and editing; adult detective
narrative http://sexandglory.com/7day/.
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Brandy the Bandit: Book Two (2014) for Dark Brain Comics (US):
Story outline and first draft for nine (9) scripted episodes.
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Ardor
The Game (2014) for Human Curious (Netherlands): edited game design documents, game
play materials and card texts http://ardorthegame.com/
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“The Brazil Story” (2013): Client invited.
Ghostwriting of 30 page multicultural / interracial romance story for Ophelia Madison Press (MD USA).
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Orchid
Games (Poland) https://www.orchidgames.com/archives/;
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_JuVrHNz34KKC-ZXv54dNQ
YouTube Game Trailers.
§ (2013) Heartwild
1 and 2 Games
story narrative update
§ (2013) Brainstorm
HOPA game title—“Graven:
The Purple Moon Prophecy”
http://www.orchidgames.com/graven
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Dreamer Apps / IntroWizard
LLC rewriting (character development,
dramatic risks, humor) also expansion of client’s short stories into novels
and new marketable story.
§ Ralph’s
Gift (2013): original short story of 11,428 words
into 47,904-word novella / novel
§ Demon
Sex (2013): original short story of 9752 words
into 57,572-word novella / novel Demon
Sex: The Tale of a Demon Sex Slave
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Dramatic Urban Film Treatment—African American business women friends
at BET, Johnson Publishing, and Sony Records
NEALE SOURNA / PIE:
PERCEPTION IS EVERYTHING. 2001 – present. Cleveland OH. http://www.Neale-Sourna.com
Publishing Owner, fiction and nonfiction Author, Editor, and Design Layout; also Webmaster, Web Content / SEO Marketing Copywriter: internet
websites in HTML; SEO research, optimization, and copywriting; graphics; online research; and professional wholesale publications and documents
for retail publishing sale [printed books
and ebooks (novels, short stories, nonfiction)].
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Author Neale Sourna’s Books / Ebooks (full
novels, novella, short stories, screenplays) written, edited, layout, published, and marketed by this award-winner through PIE: Perception Is Everything Publishing, available online at most
major and minor electronic bookstores and for order at all local brick and
mortar stores.
v www.PIE-Percept.com and www.Neale-Sourna.com:
Product
sales branding and packaging, company web content development—text, graphics,
photos, e-marketing, e-commerce, press release writing / placement, internet / web
radio interviews and promotional character voice recordings [MP3, WAV,
Sitepal.com], develop / coordinate artist merchandise [books, ebooks,
brochures, posters, post cards, caps, more], blogs, etc.
FORMAL EDUCATION:
American
university.
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