Writer, director, producer
The creative universe of
Paul-Thomas L. Parnell
Writer · Director · VFX artist
Stories with monsters, magic and machines in them. I write them, I've directed them, and I finish the shots. Bring me your project and I'll help you write it, or hire me to write a new one for you.
Work with me
Two ways to hire a writer
Write it with you
You have the idea, the draft or the world. It's stuck, it's long, or it isn't landing. I help you find the story and get it on the page.
- Story and structure passes
- Rewrites and polish
- Series bibles and world building
- Pitch material: loglines, treatments, lookbooks
Write it for you
You know what you need made. I write it from the ground up, in your world or a new one, and hand you a draft you can shoot, publish or pitch.
- Feature and short screenplays
- Pilots and series outlines
- Fiction and story worlds
- Tabletop settings and adventures
Credits
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Original worlds
See all workWhat I'm building now
Book
Writing now
The Veilbreaker Saga
Animation
First short in production
Strangers in the Pines
Series
In development
Black Night: Wands and Order
About
The story has to work first
I've written and directed a feature, Super Bowl contest spots and short films, done the effects on many of them, published a graphic novel anthology and a tabletop game, and I'm writing a fantasy series now. What carries over from all of it is simple: if the story doesn't work on the page, nothing you shoot or render will save it.
That's what I bring to your project.