Cassandra Hawkings
215 Nectarbrook Drive
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Professional Profile
Outstandingly focused screenwriter, blogger and author with a background in short fiction and long form fiction, feature and short films, television and web content. Highly adept and capable of producing strong content written within tight and strict deadlines for all age groups.
Core Qualifications
Extensive experience in writing for an assortment of genres for short fiction and screenplay writing
High ability to work as part of a team and multitask
Outstanding understanding of word processing programs such as Microsoft word, Scrivener, Celtx and Final Draft
Strong ability to prioritise time management and organization
Extensive reading comprehension and skills in proofreading
Effective blogging technique
Using MailChimp for Newsletters
Experience
Elaine (Novel)04/2017 - Current
Camp NaNoWriMo
Author
An unpublished novel about the ‘forgotten half-sister’ of King Arthur.
Created characters, location and storyline based on their mythological counterparts
Hot Shanghai Nights (Short Story)02/2017
Ryan Daniels
Ghostwriter Author
Jenna Harmon is an American Television Producer who has been working in Shanghai, China after being chosen through an exchange program. Gabriel is a Frenchmen who works as a Firefighter. After a chance encounter, Jenna and Gabriel find themselves falling for each other.
Given a deadline of 15 days
Wrote to a brief guideline of having certain character traits, an already selected location and genre
Blogger/Newsletter Writer12/2016 - Current
Rosie Davoli - Exhale Yoga
Ghostwriter
Writing blog posts and a monthly newsletter for Exhale Yoga in South Australia
Wrote 500-600 word blog posts
Learned how to use MailChimp Newsletter website to create and send out newsletters
Written to guidelines that are provided by the client
Go the Distance (Feature Film – Thriller)11/2016
Matthew Prince
Wrote First Draft
Wrote the first draft of screenplay that is centered on a talented young runner who witnesses a murder.
Wrote screenplay from a treatment written by client
Edited draft of screenplay
Written to an extended deadline
Blogger
Sharon Reza
Ghostwriter
10/2016 – Current
Writing Blog Posts on all different topics
Blog Posts are written to tight deadlines
Research is conducted on all topics that are given
All tasks are edited to fit the given word count
Of Kings and Queens Book 01: Spare to the Throne (Novel – High Fantasy)
NaNoWriMo
Author
8/2016 - Current
A currently unpublished novel. The story of a young queen who faces a number of obstacles before and after taking her kingdom’s throne while staring down the possibility of a war.
Created characters, locations and storyline
Wrote the first draft and edited
Started second draft that is currently uncompleted
Dark Woods (Short Film – Satire/Thriller)
Tropfest
Screenwriter/Script Supervisor
8/2016 – 12/16
Wrote the screenplay about a killer who wishes to kill three innocent bystanders.
Wrote screenplay based on an idea created by the crewmates
Wrote notes on how the story should progress from meetings with crew
Learned how to write a satire with a limit of only six (6) pages
Written within a tight deadline
Battle Scars (Television Drama)
Creator/Writer of Pilot Episode
04/2016 – Current
A currently unproduced television series about a family forced on the run after the patriarch unintentionally kills a foreign politician
Learning how to write for an on-going project
The Apartment (Feature Film - Thriller)
Beyond Light/Nick Naunov
Screenwriting Proofreader
04/2016
Edited an early draft of a feature film written by Nick Naunov
Read and wrote corrections for the script
Gave notes on how to improve script and ideas for missing scenes
Education
Bachelor of Film Production
SAE Institute Sydney
03/2012 – 05/2014 (graduated 2015)
