Narrative Writing - Personal
Game writing, articles, and long-form lore compilations.
Compilation: the LORE OF THE JOVE
Published: 17 August 2019
A complete writeup of the lore and background of the most esoteric race in the vast world of EVE Online.
The Jove are a prideful, splintered facet of the descendants of mankind - with all its infighting and hubris - and have punctuated every chapter of EVE’s story along its way - from the earliest cataloged era of the game’s story, through to the modern day. The stories of the Drifters and Triglavians both connect back to this common ancestor, which lacks none of the development and mystery of the currently present branches of the Jove in EVE.
Demonstrates: Expository writing and narrative comprehension, interpretation, and deduction - alongside formatting & layout ability.
Length: approx. 8,600 words.
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the entangled past & future of the Triglavians and Drifters
Published: 23 May 2019
A thoroughly researched narrative speculation on the deeper story of the ongoing storyline of EVE: the deeply interwoven story of the Drifter and Triglavian precursor factions- both of which were conceived through the growth of far older story strings.
Weaving a cohesive story from the works of various writers - published spanning the 15+ years of EVE’s lifetime - is a daunting and meticulous undertaking. This post attempts to lay out connections between these two groups and other events that have taken place over a decade and-a-half of story development in order to plot a cohesive, immersive narrative spun throughout the history of the gameworld.
Demonstrates: Narrative comprehension, extrapolation, and production skill - alongside formatting & layout ability.
Length: approx. 5,000 words.
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Compilation: The Lore of the TRiglavian Collective
Published: 18 November 2018
This compilation assembles all available information on a new faction in the world of EVE, putting together information from all available strings and in-game events and items in order to create a comprehensive source of information for those interested in the ongoing story. This post has been updated continuously over time to ensure the concise inclusion all known information.
Demonstrates: Expository writing and narrative comprehension, interpretation, and deduction - alongside formatting & layout ability.
Length: approx. 3,500 words, plus included published information.
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Compilation: The Lore of the Drifters
Published: 28 February 2019
This writeup compiles all available information on the Drifter faction in EVE Online as of late February 2019, with a second separated section detailing speculation and theory-positing concerning the deeper truths and details of the faction’s story. Draws from in-game events, news articles & in-world news broadcasts, official fiction articles, and published works of writing in order to lay out a comprehensive narrative. Updated over time.
Demonstrates: Expository writing and narrative comprehension, interpretation, and deduction - alongside formatting & layout ability.
Length: approx. 11,000 words.
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Narrative Proposal: Fleshing out Agency Boosters
Published: 1 November 2017
When "Agency" boosters were introduced to EVE Online, they had barebones names (e.g. Agency Damage Booster 1) and lacked any description or lore/story justification. This Proposal was made with immersion in mind, to create a more universe-fitting nomenclature and justification for the items in-game. Names that accurately reflected usage and flowed more with the rule-of-cool, fleshed-out descriptions giving context to the insertion points for the items, and color-coded icons were included in the proposal.
Developers took up the suggestion, with their own spin, and included the changes in the next major patch (December 2017).
The Lore of the Enheduanni - and what they may have become
Published: 13 February 2019
A full compilation of all published information on an elusive faction in the story of EVE Online, drawing from a novella, a novel, and various fiction articles and events in order to detail an accessible, comprehensive source of information. A second, separate section lays out thoroughly sourced speculation, linking the subject faction to a newcomer to the story of the game.
Demonstrates: Formatting & layout skills , expository writing ability, and narrative comprehension, interpretation, and deduction.
Length: approx. 3,900 words.
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The Iapetan TItans
Published: 21 June 2017
A short compilation of information and images of a type of ship conceptualized very early in EVE’s history, which were never put into player hands.
Images from the post can be found relinked in a permalinked comment below, as sub-optimal image hosts were used in the original post.
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Drifters, Tyrants, Jovians and more
Published: 14 February 2015
This far earlier speculative compilation, bringing together known facts and possible connections between the at-the-time newly introduced Drifter faction in EVE’s story for the purpose of predicting possible future story developments.
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