The Scrawl was influenced by a surplus of small community-based challenges I had discovered over the past year or so. Writing, gaming, media, and contests – basically this idea of community involvement was something I realized everyone wanted to be a part of.
As a small-time published writer I wanted to create a vessel that would allow anybody to create content and share it with a community. Taking a simple question and allowing anyone in the world to answer it was something that intrigued me: responses shaped by life experiences.I wanted to create an experiment that allowed all of my friends to participate (most did not enjoy the same genres or writing styles as I did). With so many different backgrounds and interests I quickly realized that by opening up the subject matter to media of all kinds I would be able to reach many more people.
The idea of one question having so many different variables is the idea behind The Scrawl; one question can be answered in an infinite amount of ways and in a mass array of mediums. With social media’s popularity climbing exponentially, it seemed like the perfect way to get the word out and allow or submissions in all forms of media.
Amanda received her Honours Degree in Communications with a Specialization in Digital Culture and a Minor in Applied Computing in 2009.
She has had many articles published for the humour and opinion sections of her University paper, as well as several informational pieces through the university’s Career Center, and is currently working on several novella’s and short stories to add to her roster. Amanda currently works downtown Toronto, Ontario in the video game industry where she is immersed in the technical and media aspects of geek culture every day.
