My presentation on my Mastery Journey Timeline with my goals for this year.

1. Mastery
Journey
Timeline
Emily Marvel

2. Mastery: Personal Development and
Leadership
Goal: To articulate my life’s task
Strategies:
– Watch Corey Wadden’s interview with Robert Greene about how to
find one’s life’s task (Wadden).
– Read “Practicing a Good Life” by Molly Sutphen (Sutphen 26-31).
– Draft and revise a specific statement of what my life’s task is.
(Walton)

3. The Art of Visual Storytelling
Goal: To tell an emotional story without using written words.
Strategies:
– Read “My mother never read to me,” an article about non-written
storytelling (Cline 122-126).
– Create a short comic that conveys a story.
– Take “Storytelling for Designers” course from Lynda.com
(Williams-NG).
("Beautiful Stock Photos")

4. Script Analysis and Criticism
Goal: To recognize and bolster the strong elements of my scriptwriting skills
Strategies:
– Take “Screenwriting Fundamentals” training at Lynda.com (Kines).
– Write and analyze a script with general techniques brought up in class.
– Research 2 techniques discussed in the course that will lend
themselves to videogame script writing, and then include them in
another draft of the script.
("Beautiful Stock Photos")

5. Character Creation and
Development
Goal: To create a well-rounded character that has an potential arc.
– Read “Any Resemblance is Purely Coincidental” by Roz Siegel, about how
an author seeds truth into her characters (Siegel 72).
– Come up with four characters synopses, including backstories and
motivations.
– Choose the most promising synopsis and create a story arc for that
character.
("Beautiful Stock Photos")

6. Episodic and Serial Writing
Goal: To outline a narrative that can take place of multiple episodes
Strategies:
– Create a plotline that can be carried out through several individual
stories.
– Read Writing the TV Drama Series 3rd Edition: How to Succeed as
a Professional Writer in TV by Pamela Douglas (Douglas, 2005).
– Outline each individual story’s significant plot points and story in
order to align it with the predetermined overarching plot.
("Beautiful Stock Photos")

7. Film Scriptwriting
Goal: To understand the connection
between visual storytelling and film.
Strategies:
– Read “Why Film Narratives Exist” by
Ashish Rajadhyksha, to gather basic
psychological perception of film
(Rajadhyksha 62-75)
– Analyze techniques in scriptwriting
for their effects on the audience.
– Note and critique necessary visual
cues from one critically acclaimed
movie.
("Beautiful Stock Photos")

8. Writing for Games
Goal: To know the fundamental principle of applying a written story to a
video game.
Strategies:
– Read “More Than Stories With Buttons: Narrative, Mechanics, and
Context as Determinants of Player Experience in Digital Games” to
understand a player’s investment in a game’s story (Elson, Ivory, and
Quandt, 521-542).
– Analyze an awarded game’s story and note its strengths.
– List five necessary elements of a video game story for use in final video
game script.
("Beautiful Stock Photos")

9. Storytelling and Storyboarding for
Animation
Goal: To grasp two techniques from storyboarding that I can apply to video game writing.
Strategies:
– Watch “The Artists and their Work: Conversations about Mograph, VFX, and Digital Art”
from Lynda.com to understand the use of storyboarding for narrative design (Garrot).
– Make a short sample of what an award-winning video game’s storyboard might look like.
– Write a list of 5 storyboarding techniques for animation that would be helpful for
storyboarding videogames.
("Beautiful Stock Photos")

10. Advanced Script Editing
Goal: To draft and revise a video game script
Strategies:
– Watch “Overcoming Obstacles” on Lynda.com to see how script writers work
through problems in their scripts (“Overcoming Obstacles”).
– Compile the techniques mentioned in the “Script Analysis and Criticism,” “Film
Scriptwriting,” “Writing for Games,” and “Storytelling and Storyboarding for
Animation” strategies.
– Incorporate these obstacle solutions and techniques into a completed first
draft.
("Beautiful Stock Photos")

11. Creative Writing Portfolio I
Goal: To revise my rough draft for story consistency
Strategy:
– Analyze the characters for motivation and consistent arcs.
– Go through the first two sections of Susie Henderson’s
“Step by Step Novel Editing Checklist” to revise elements
of the story (Henderson).
– Look through visual cues to be sure that they connect with the
written story.
("Beautiful Stock Photos")

12. Creative Writing
Portfolio II
Goal:
To check my draft for grammatical consistency.
Strategies:
– Look over feedback from my peers and note their
grammatical corrections.
– Go through the last portion of Susie Henderson’s “Step by
Step Novel Editing Checklist” (Henderson).
– Read through the draft three times to check for clarity and
grammatical accuracy.
("Beautiful Stock Photos")

13. The Business of Creative
Writing
Goal: To learn the fundamentals of protecting my written work.
Strategies:
– Take the Lynda.com course “Understanding Copyright: A Deeper Dive”,
(Robinson).
– Work on setting up a copyright for the script I have been working on.
– Write down a list of my rights to my work and save a copy on my work
computer.
("Beautiful Stock Photos")

14. Industry Leaders
David
Gaider
LinkedIn:
https://ca.linkedin.com/in/davidgaider
Mike
Laidlaw
LinkedIn:
https://ca.linkedin.com/pub/mike-
laidlaw/1/53a/b09
Neil
Druckman
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/neil-
druckmann/0/9a0/673
Jeffrey
Yohalem
LinkedIn:
https://ca.linkedin.com/pub/jeffrey-
yohalem/18/573/1bb
Corey May
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/pub/corey-
may/2a/5b8/281
Patrick
Weekes
LinkedIn:
https://ca.linkedin.com/pub/patrick-
weekes/47/479/447

15. Full Sail Networking Opportunities
Qualities in a Mentor
– Creative Writing Club
– Entertainment Networking Society
– Creative Writing Facebook Page
– Knowledgeable
– Masterful
– Patient
– Creative
– Good Sense of Humor
– Organized

16. Twelve Month Journey to Mastery
Mastery: Personal
Development and
Leadership
The Art of Visual
Storytelling
Script Analysis and
Criticism
Character Creation
and Development
Episode and Serial
Writing
Film ScriptwritingWriting for Games
Storytelling and
Storyboarding for
Animation
Advanced Script
Editing
Creative Writing
Portfolio I
Creative Writing
Portfolio II
The Business of
Creative Writing
Graduation!

17. References
Cline, Z., & Necochea, J. (2003). My mother never read to me. Journal Of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 47(2), 122-126.
Douglas, P. (2005). Writing the TV Drama Series: How to Succeed as a Professional Writer in TV. Studio City, CA:
Michael Wiese Productions.
Elson, M., Breuer, J., Ivory, J. D., & Quandt, T. (2014). More Than Stories With Buttons: Narrative, Mechanics, and
Context as Determinants of Player Experience in Digital Games. Journal Of Communication, 64(3), 521-542.
Garrot, R. (2014, September 14). Full movie from the Course Artists and Their Work: Conversations about Mograph,
VFX, and Digital Art. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
Henderson, S. (2014). If You Edit a Novel Like a Pro, Your Readers Will Come Back For More. Retrieved September 28,
2015.
Kines, M. (2013, March 8). Screenwriting Fundamentals. Retrieved September 28,
2015.
Overcoming challenges. (2010, February 26). Retrieved September 28, 2015.
Siegel, R. (2015). Any Resemblance Is Purely Coincidental. Publishers Weekly, 262(28), 72.
Sutphen, M. (2014). Practicing a Good Life. Liberal Education, 100(1), 26-31.
Rajadhyaksha, A. (2013). Why film narratives exist. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 14(1), 62-75.
Robinson, D. (2015, July 30). Understanding Copyright: A Deeper Dive. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
Wadden, C. (2013, August 26). Robert Greene Interview - Finding Your Life's Task. Retrieved September 27, 2015.
Williams-NG, S. (2014, September 23). Storytelling for Designers. Retrieved September 28, 2015.

18. Photo References
Walton, James (Photographer), Green Wood [Photograph], Retrieved September
27, 2015 from: http://www.stockvault.net/photo/117792/green-deck
Beautiful free stock photos. (n.d.). Retrieved September 28, 2015, from
https://stocksnap.io/