I had to write a short sample for admission into ecopywriters.com. It turned out so well, I thought I’d share it here.
My hobbies include time-travel, dragon-slaying, zombie target practice, and military command. As a child, such opportunities were afforded by books. But books, for all their greatness, have one major flaw: They are static, unchanging. I can add my own interpretation, but not my own ending. I can make the meaning personal, but I can’t determine the hero’s strategy.
This is why I turn to another art form, yet in its infancy:
They’re called ‘video games’. But I prefer to think of them as interactive books. Continue reading
