Every story I write starts with the same question: what does it cost to survive this?
The External Threat Is Never the Story
The mistake writers make with survival narratives is treating the threat as the story. The wilderness, the illness, the institution – these are pressure systems. The subject is always the person inside the pressure.
Moral Ambiguity Is Where Truth Lives
I am drawn to characters who make choices I understand but cannot fully endorse. That tension between intention and outcome is where the most honest storytelling happens.
What I Am Working On
Two projects in development: a survival-thriller feature and a limited series pilot on institutional accountability. If you are a producer or creative who wants to talk story –