Creative Writing Samples

I create

• poetry,
• screenplays,
• stories,
• and lesson materials and games. 

Poetry:

https://gwlyons.wordpress.com/

Children's books:

The Statistics Monster

Screenwriting

Ants, a short about two teens, a vacant parking lot, and ants. 

 


Sarah, a 16-year-old independent teen with an African American widower father, discovers that her older lover has been harboring a secret that sends him to the hospital, leaving her to pick up the pieces in white suburbia. A Juno-esque drama with Crash’s racial tensions.

Jonathan, a 19-year-old independent teen with an undiagnosed mental condition, discovers that he’s been accused of rape and must somehow clear his name before it’s too late. A Donnie Darko meets American Pie film.

Published book reviews

• "Dark Bright Doors". Antipodes: A Global Journal of Australian New Zealand Literature 25.2 (2011): 217. Print.
• "Ghostly Subjects". Antipodes: A Global Journal of Australian New Zealand Literature 24.2 (2010): 208. Print.