Catherine specializes in lgbt storytelling, comedy writing, screenwriting, and poetry writing. She proofreads, copy edits, checks for plot holes, evaluates character arcs, and more. She loves writing and editing dialogue! She specializes in editing romantic comedies: playing with popular tropes, punching up jokes, and heightening romantic tension between characters with her revisions.
Catherine loves spending time with her cats, watching TV/movies (especially reality competition shows like Survivor), solving crossword puzzles, painting, listening to pop music, playing board games with friends, trying new dinner recipes, learning miscellaneous bits of trivia, going on walks, discovering new flavors of coffee, learning the basics of other languages, and practicing her juggling skills.
Catherine majored in English and minored in Film Studies. She wrote critical analyses about books, TV shows, films, poems, and more. She edited a wide variety of writing: screenplays, essays, poems, fiction pieces, and more. She learned how to write and edit different styles, tones, and genres. She learned the ins and outs of English grammar and storytelling.
In the past four years, Catherine has been working in the publishing industry as a writer and editor. She's worked with multiple literary magazines, individual clients, and organizations. She has helped marginalized writers get their stories published in print. She knows what makes a good story.
Catherine has written and edited various scripts: TV pilots, full length film screenplays, full length stage plays, one-act stage plays, and Youtube video scripts. She is familiar with formatting norms and popular technologies. Dialogue is her strong suit, but she is also adept at character arc analysis. Most of her experience is with comedy and drama genres, but she has dabbled with almost every genre.