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Steve Peacock

Steve Peacock

Freelance Creative Writer, Independent Author

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Stirling, StirlingMember since August 31, 2024
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About

A creative and enthusiastic writer who has a passion for strong characterisation and detailed worldbuilding across the full media spectrum.

Experience

Writer, Fallout – Miami: November 2023 – Present

  • Writing character dialogue, radio chatter, and lore objects in line with the creative bible.
  • Working with other writers to ensure our work connects, tone is maintained, and completed to a professional standard.
  • Taking ownership of areas of the game world, character arcs, and championing them.
  • Utilising Trello to co-ordinate and track team progress.
  • Maintaining the central project wiki and associated spreadsheets.
Creative Writing Lead (Contract), Enamour: May 2022 – August 2024
  • Crafting detailed, concise, and enticing dating profiles for a broad variety of clients, using AI where appropriate.
  • Adapting, redrafting, and formulating documentation for best practice across the writing department.
  • Utilising the Bitrix CRM platform to track tasks and set deadlines.
  • Communicating with various departments daily to ensure effective workflow.
Creative Writer, Freelance: June 2011 – Present
  • Writing novels, short stories, and screenplays to a publishable standard, achieving over one million Kindle Unlimited page reads and several thousand sales.
  • Working alongside editors and designers to ensure the finished work is to the highest professional standard possible.
  • Marketing and PR work to increase the visibility of the finished product.
  • Collaborating with contractors and employers on varied projects across the media spectrum.
Writing Feedback Specialist, Studiosity: January 2018 – April 2022
  • Quickly assessing documents of various types for errors in grammar, structure, and choice of language.
  • Providing concise and effective feedback to ensure clients achieve their best result.
  • Effective time management in order to get through as many documents as possible in an efficient manner.
Game Writer, Demonic Delights: June 2019 – December 2021
  • Character creation, plot development, and overall narrative design.
  • Working from early design stages through to release.
  • Mentoring and supervising junior members of the writing team, editing their work, and providing constructive feedback.
Character Development & Game Writer, Valorware: February 2015 - June 2015
  • Writing coherent and authentic characters for an RPG video game.
  • Working with feedback from the Game Editor and tweaking dialogue to their approval in order to meet deadlines.
  • Providing creative ideas and brainstorming plotlines and character development ideas with the team working on the same project.
Deputy Editor, Resolution Magazine: June 2010 – June 2011
  • Article editing/approving final edits for publication.
  • Writing reviews and editorials.
  • Managing the PR and other related correspondence for the company.

Education

  • MA Film Studies – Postgraduate Diploma
University of Southampton – 2010
  • MA Media Writing – Pass with Merit
Southampton Solent University – 2008
  • BA (hons.) Politics – 2:2
University of Hull – 2007

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