Overview
Work History
Education
References
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Carlos Cisco

Glendale,CA

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Freelance Writer

Beadle & Grimms
Los Angeles, CA
10.2023 - Current
  • Wrote a Candela Obscura adventure for a larger collection. Incorporated feedback from B&G and Darrington press.
  • Clarified game mechanics within the adventure as to how they'd relate to a larger scale boss battle.
  • Ran Candela Obscura for other writers
  • Will run playtest of other writers adventures.

Freelance Writer

Darrington Press
Los Angeles, CA
03.2023 - Current
  • Currently writing for Daggerheart, concentrating on locations, lore, and NPCs
  • Wrote for Candela Obscura, concentrating on adventure writing, monsters, items, locations, and notable NPCs

Freelance Writer

Leon Barillaro
Los Angeles, CA
02.2023 - 04.2024
  • Designed a crew scenario for the Crew Expansion for the game O'Captain centered on a dream walking cat.

Freelance Writer

Haunted Table
Los Angeles, CA
07.2023 - 12.2023
  • Wrote an investigation for the upcoming game Triangle Agency focused on an anomalous studio head who is shelving shows for a reason much more insidious than tax purposes.
  • Learned an entirely new system in order to write for it.
  • Incorporated several rounds of notes from project leads.

Freelance Writer

MCDM
Los Angeles, CA
02.2021 - 12.2023
  • Wrote 3 articles for ARCADIA (Goldmongers, Stuff of Nightmares, The Gilded Flight) which included player classes, adventures, new monsters, and a campaign frame complete with villainous NPCs.
  • Designed several monsters for FLEE, MORTALS. Most deliciously, the yumgrub.
  • Converted several monsters from FLEE, MORTALS to the MCDM RPG.
  • Wrote a playtest adventure for the MCDM rpg

Freelance Writer

Paizo
Los Angeles, CA
11.2022 - 11.2023
  • Wrote for their new book/edition concentrating on the Divine and Divinity within the Pathfinder universe. This includes world lore, lore on specific gods, and what happens when they die.
  • Wrote NPCs for an upcoming adventure path centered on a convocation of several magical schools.
  • Incorporated notes and feedback from project producers.

Writers Assistant/Staff Writer/Story Editor

Star Trek: Discovery
Los Angeles, CA
02.2019 - 07.2022
  • Started as a writer's assistant in season 3. Duties involved taking copious notes and creating a clean documented at the end of every day that details everything discussed. Pitching ideas when appropriate and helping maintain documents used throughout the season.
  • Became a canon expert in the room by both extensively reading and watching every episode of Star Trek. Was often relied upon by upper level writers to fill in canon details in outlines and scripts.
  • Promoted to Staff Writer in season 4 where I co-wrote episode 407 and produced episodes 401 & 402.
  • Promoted to Story Editor in season 5 where I co-wrote episode 505. Successfully pitched who the season long villains would be as well as being one of the primary architects of their 32nd century canon.

Education

Master of Arts - Screenwriting/Playwriting

Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
08-2011

Bachelor of Arts - Film And Video Production

New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM
12-2008

Bachelor of Arts - Theatre Arts

Southern Oregon University
Ashland, OR
06-2006

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Freelance Writer

Beadle & Grimms
10.2023 - Current

Freelance Writer

Haunted Table
07.2023 - 12.2023

Freelance Writer

Darrington Press
03.2023 - Current

Freelance Writer

Leon Barillaro
02.2023 - 04.2024

Freelance Writer

Paizo
11.2022 - 11.2023

Freelance Writer

MCDM
02.2021 - 12.2023

Writers Assistant/Staff Writer/Story Editor

Star Trek: Discovery
02.2019 - 07.2022

Master of Arts - Screenwriting/Playwriting

Florida State University

Bachelor of Arts - Film And Video Production

New Mexico State University

Bachelor of Arts - Theatre Arts

Southern Oregon University

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