Evan Stark, Creative Copy

I write (mouseover-append:"write")[ at indie studio Feral Cat Den.(mouseover-replace:"Feral Cat Den")[(link-repeat:"Feral Cat Den")[(openURL:"http://feralcatden.com/")]. I wrote for and edited their game (link-repeat:"Genesis Noir")[(openURL:"http://www.genesisnoirgame.com/")](mouseover:"their game")[ and documented it for localization(mouseover-append:"localization.")[ Essentially it is a cosmic noir.(mouseover-append:"cosmic noir")[ thriller(mouseover-append:"thriller")[ point and click puzzle adventure(mouseover-append:"puzzle adventure")[ murder non-mystery(mouseover-append:"non-mystery")[(mouseover-replace:"Essentially it is a cosmic noir thriller point and click puzzle adventure murder non-mystery.")[~~Essentially it is a cosmic noir thriller point and click puzzle adventure murder non-mystery big boy crashy run jump but they're not really puzzles and I mean what does a definition even mean if you're having fun playing the thing and getting a good story from it why do we even have to call it a video game versus just a game isn't it a little silly that there's a differentiation there in the first place~~ The story is an interactive fiction adventure. (mouseover:"adventure.")[ Need help defining the genres your game transcends as it creates them? (mouseover:"creates them?")[ Or proofreading. (mouseover-append:"proofreading.")[ I do that too. (mouseover-append:"do that too.")[ I'm available, at <a href="mailto:themanstark@gmail.com" target="_blank">themanstark@gmail.com.</a> ]]]]]]]]]] ]] I am a freelance journalist. (mouseover-append:"freelance journalist.")[ My work is available in the (link-repeat:"Bklyner")[(openurl:"https://bklyner.com/author/evanstark/")] and on my (link-repeat:"Medium")[(openurl:"https://starklysaid.medium.com/")] blog. (mouseover-append:"blog.")[ I write about industry trends (mouseover-replace:"industry trends")[ (link-repeat:"industry trends")[(openurl:"https://medium.com/@themanstark_71318/should-restaurants-permanently-adapt-to-outdoor-dining-6f7b1f45efb5")], industry friends (mouseover-replace:"industry friends")[ (link-repeat:"industry friends")[(openurl:"https://bklyner.com/staying-afloat-how-the-richardson-is-navigating-pandemic-restrictions/")], and the state of the NYC restaurant industry. (mouseover-append:"restaurant industry.")[ My favorite food this week is dan dan mian (mouseover-replace:"dan dan mian")[ ~~dan dan mian~~ mapo dofu (mouseover-replace:"mapo dofu")[ ~~mapo dofu~~ buffalo chicken sandos (mouseover-replace:"buffalo chicken sandos")[ ~~buffalo chicken sandos~~ spinach pies (mouseover-replace:"spinach pies")[ ~~spinach pies~~ chorizo burritos (mouseover-replace:"chorizo burritos")[ ~~chorizo burriots~~ country ham biscuits (mouseover-replace:"country ham biscuits")[ ~~country ham biscuits RIP EGG~~ durian macarons.(mouseover-append:"durian macarons.")[ I’m extremely bribable. (mouseover-replace:"extremely bribable")[ ~~extremely bribable~~ always growing my network and would love to chat over coffee(mouseover-append:"chat over coffee.")[ Or maybe a more socially distanced conversation. (mouseover-append:"conversation.")[ Find me (link-repeat:"@themanstark")[(openURL:"https://twitter.com/TheManStark")] for an intro. (mouseover-append:"an intro.")[ Or just shoot me your favorite COVID-era restaurants and spiciest gossip.]]]]]]]]]]]]]] ]] I create (link-repeat:"twine")[(openURL:"http://story.andrewmaruska.com/")] games.(mouseover-append:"games")[ about sandwiches(mouseover-append:"sandwiches.")[ This particular one required sacrificing orphans to distant gods.(mouseover-append:"distant gods")[, turning literally anything into a sandwich(mouseover-append:"into a sandwich")[, so long as it told the best story(mouseover:"best story.")[ Got orphans? Get Evan - 607-427-4079]]] ]]] I cook(mouseover-replace:"cook")[~~cook~~ was a chef.](mouseover-append:"chef.")[ I used to cut carrots.(mouseover-append:"carrots")[ cut celery(mouseover-append:"celery")[ cut onions(mouseover-append:"onions")[ cut garlic(mouseover-append:"garlic")[ cut shallots(mouseover-append:"shallots")[(mouseover-replace:"I used to cut carrots cut celery cut onions cut garlic cut shallots")[~~I used to cut carrots cut celery cut onions cut garlic cut shallots~~ I used to cut vegetables(mouseover-append:"vegetables.")[ I quickly learned to select pieces.(mouseover-append:"pieces")[ from the whole(mouseover-append:"whole")[ keeping only what I needed(mouseover-append:"needed")[, trimming away the ugly bits(mouseover-append:"ugly bits")[ and the excess material(mouseover-append:"excess material")[(mouseover-replace:"I quickly learned to select pieces from the whole keeping only what I needed, trimming away the ugly bits and the excess material")[~~I quickly learned to select pieces from the whole keeping only what I needed, trimming away the ugly bits and the excess material~~ I quickly learned to cut the fat(mouseover-append:"fat.")[ I'd make misteaks.(mouseover-replace:"misteaks.")[~~misteaks~~ mistakes, and swiftly churn them into successes.(mouseover-replace:"churn")[~~churn~~ turn (mouseover-append:"successes.")[ These days, my writing looks a lot like my cooking. (mouseover-replace:"cooking.")[cooking: an amorphous amalgam of disparate skills. (mouseover-append:"skills")[, rolled together(mouseover-append:"rolled together")[ to form a unified mass(mouseover-append:"to form a unified mass")[ but without connective refinement(mouseover-append:"refinement")[(mouseover-replace:"an amorphous amalgam of disparate skills, rolled together to form a unified mass but without connective refinement")[~~an amorphous amalgam of disparate skills, rolled together to form a unified mass but without connective refinement~~ curious, tenacious, and gregarious(mouseover-append:"gregarious.")[ Bring me on, chief.(mouseover-replace:"me on, chief.")[me on, chief, and aim this hot writing rocket at whatever you need blown up. (mouseover-replace:"blown up.")[~~blown up~~ blown down. (mouseover-replace:"blown down.")[~~blown down~~ scorched into a literary inferno visible from space. (mouseover-append:"space.")[ Get in touch at <a href="mailto:themanstark@gmail.com" target="_blank">themanstark@gmail.com.</a> ]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] ] I be (mouseover-replace:" be ")[ ~~be~~ do lots, outside work.] (mouseover:"lots,")[I am into Dungeons and Dragons(mouseover-append:"Dungeons and Dragons")[ to the point that I helped create this (link-repeat:"adventure prompt generator")[(openurl:"http://adventure.andrewmaruska.com/")]. Give it a whirl for your next one-time adventure. (mouseover:"one-time adventure.")[ Or if you just want to impale yourself on the Martyr's Pike of Hunger, check out my Pizza Club pics and the chronicle of my #TineDining on Instagram (link-repeat:"@starklepony")[(openURL:"https://www.instagram.com/starklepony/")]. (mouseover:"chronicle")[ Ok, so that's everything about me. (mouseover:"everything about me.")[ No, really, that's it.(mouseover:"that's it.")[ Yep, no more to see here, no sir.(mouseover:"no sir.")[ Alright uh my favorite color is green. (mouseover:"green.")[ Not enough? (mouseover:"Not enough?")[ Fine ok, go check out Emily Carrol's work, I think she's a (link-repeat:"storytelling genius")[(openURL:"http://www.emcarroll.com/comic/")] an absolute inspiration. (mouseover:"inspiration.")[ My favorite of hers is "His Face Was All Red". Also, the game "The Yawgh" is absolutely worth a spin. (mouseover:"a spin")[ Do it with your friends. (mouseover:"friends.")[(mouseover-replace:"Do it with your friends.")[~~Do it with your friends.~~ Get friends, play the game.(mouseover:"play the game")[ No friends? Gross. Fine. (mouseover:"Gross. Fine.")[ James Yu has this take on the word (link-repeat:"hyperliterature")[(openURL:"https://www.jamesyu.org/hyperliterature/")]. It's an awesome perspective on storytelling. (mouseover-append:"on storytelling")[, and his curation highlights some great examples of the weird ways a narrative may wend(mouseover:"may wend.")[ I know, it's a real surprise I'd like this.(mouseover:"like this")[ Oh wow, I'm still the center of your little universe? (mouseover-append:"little universe?")[ Alright fine peep this amazing (link-repeat:"tenor saxophone")[(openURL:"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCmo30r3OXI")] piece by the immortal Joe McPhee. (mouseover:"Joe McPhee.")[ It's incredible. (mouseover:"incredible.")[ Pipe it in your earholes. (mouseover:"earholes.")[ Ok now's time to shove off. (mouseover:"shove off")[ Don't you have anything better to do? (mouseover:"better to do")[ Oh I don't believe that. (mouseover:"believe that")[ Well you can stop bothering me. (mouseover:"bothering me")[ Right about now. (mouseover:"Right about now.")[ Get. (mouseover:"Get.")[ GO. (mouseover:"GO.")[ Vamoose! (mouseover:"Vamoose!")[ Goodbye! (mouseover:"Goodbye!")[ Get lost! (mouseover:"Get lost!")[ Go away. (mouseover:"Go away.")[ Get on with it. (mouseover:"Get on with it.")[ Shovel on. (mouseover:"Shovel on.")[ Get out. (mouseover:"Get out.")[ Bye. (mouseover:"Bye.")[ See ya. (mouseover:"See ya.")[ Fuck off already. (mouseover:"Fuck off already.")[ Va t'en. (mouseover:"Va t'en.")[ Ciao. (mouseover:"Ciao.")[ Vaya sin dios. (mouseover:"Vaya sin dios.")[ No mas gracias. (mouseover:"No mas gracias.")[ De. (mouseover:"De. ")[ Ki. (mouseover:"Ki.")[ Fora. (mouseover:"Fora.")[ I. (mouseover:"I.")[ Have. (mouseover:"Have.")[ No. (mouseover:"No.")[ Thing. (mouseover:"Thing.")[ More. (mouseover:"More.")[ For. (mouseover:"For.")[ You. (mouseover:"You.")[ Thanks. (mouseover:"Thanks.")[ For. (mouseover:"For.")[ Coming. (mouseover:"Coming.")[ But. (mouseover:"But.")[ That's. (mouseover:"That's.")[ All. (mouseover:"All.")[ Folks. 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I am Evan Stark, freelance journalist and creative copywriter. You can find my clips on the (link-repeat:"Bklyner")[(openurl:"https://bklyner.com/author/evanstark/")] and my (link-repeat:"Medium")[(openurl:"https://starklysaid.medium.com/")] blog. My copywriting examples include this (link-repeat:"twine-based")[(openURL:"http://story.andrewmaruska.com/")] game. I am available for copywriting, editing, and collboration. You can <a href="mailto:themanstark@gmail.com" target="_blank">email me</a>, call me at six-zero-seven-427-4079, or find me on <a href="https://twitter.com/TheManStark" target="_blank">Twitter.</a> Also there's the home page that you just ran away from. It's got [[pizzazz-and-panache-and-heart]]. Take a break. Enjoy some flavor. Giggle a little.

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