Samples

Game Asset Description

Short descriptions for the Factions featured in “Ego: Solid",” a trading card game in development

Game Writing for personal project, 2024

Article

“The Moral Behind the Most Powerful Batman of All Time” – 500-Word Article, 2022

Short Film Script/Animatic

“The Warrior” – Animated short film script and accompanying storyboard animatic, 2020

Production Bible

“Crimson Day” – Production bible for original IP with script pages, 2020

Film Review

“Rian Johnson Strikes Back with Knives Out ” – Film Review, 2019

Animation Reel

Collection of animation projects, 2019

Short Story

“A Wildcat Indeed” – Short Story

Selected for Columbia College Chicago’s “The Lab Review,” May, 2018

Trading Card Game

“Flip Comp,” a Trading Card Game currently in development (2023-Present)

*Feature Script and Hour-Drama Pilot Script samples available upon request

**All samples produced and owned by Quinn Calcagno

Education

BA in Creative Writing from Columbia College Chicago

Fiction concentration, minor in Animation (2020)

About

Hello reader! I’m Quinn and I am first and foremost a writer, but I also enjoy animation and game design as secondary hobbies. I generally write prose fiction and screenplays but am now looking toward the professional field to round out my writing abilities.

I have self-employed aspirations, as every young writer does, but am currently seeking stable employment to fund my long-term passion projects, including my original story “Crimson Day;” an animated series I’ve been writing for over a decade, and “Ego: Solid;” a trading card game I have been developing since March of 2023. It is my dream to one day write fantastic stories that both entertain and inspire people to do better and be better. But in the meantime I’d like to explore the professional side of writing and learn from those with greater knowledge and skill than myself to hopefully make me a better writer and businessperson.

I am both ceaselessly creative — often imagining magical worlds, characters and plotlines — and enjoy logical problem solving and critical examination — blossomed from my love of game design — both of which have contributed to my ability to write well in any format. The structure of explanatory essays and copywriting has always been intuitive to me, and the free-flowing spontaneity of prose fiction excites and motivates me to no end.

In conclusion, I am a creative writer looking to join the professional world in a way that allows me utilize my talents to their fullest potential. I offer the creative abundance of a bright, starry-eyed youngster and the focus and determination of a seasoned pro.

Thank you for your time,

Quinn

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