Writing Portfolio
Screenplays
A Collection of Short Scripts
Hydrox PSA
With a group of friends I wrote and directed this silly PSA
Story
She Met Him at the Mall
Published in the Story Beast Magazine Spring 2023 Vol. 2 - Issue 1
You can download the full magazine here:
https://storybeast.org/archive/
You can download the full magazine here:
https://storybeast.org/archive/
Flash Fiction: A Dear John to My Dear Calculus Class
Lonely Lonely Faye
1st Place Winner of the 2019 SVU Halloween Contest
Academic Writings
Saying Goodbye: A Personal Essay
Christ in the Daily Life: A critique of Flannery O’Connor’s “The River”
A collaborative work with
Jason Cartwright and Melanie Kimball Noting why O’Connor had Christ lacking at certain parts in the story helps us realize the importance of having Christ with us every day. Many critics who read “The River” focus on either social acceptance or redeeming baptism as the main point of the story, but they overlook the role Christ plays, even in His absence. Harry was motivated by a social desire to “count,” as well as a spiritual hunger, but we add that Harry could have found satisfaction by finding Christ in his daily life, rather than with his death. The grace Harry would have had access to could have helped him overcome the problems inherent in his family situation. O’Connor wrote Harry’s story as a metaphor for a spiritual journey towards grace and redemption, and she intended the reader to learn that Christ is with individuals over the course of that journey, not just at the end. Utilizing this same perspective to evaluate O’Connor’s other works could help readers see beyond deadly conversions and hypocritical religion to a deeper meaning of Christ’s role as Saviour. As O’Connor would agree, we believe that the journey through life to God is difficult, but we don’t have to undergo it alone: Christ is there to help and heal us along the way.
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