Fusing the Medium and the Message
Welcome to the writing of Drew Turney, showcasing recent work I've done for publications and institutions throughout Australia. Select a link from the random sample below that interests you or suits your publication, or use the menu to browse by category or sub-category. If the short excerpt sounds good, click the title to read the whole story.How can this site help you? By showing you my abilities in researching and writing stories that are engaging and easy to understand, skills over a dozen magazines and publications across Australia call on regularly.
My parallel career in design and computers is the basis for my technology writing. I'm putting my love of movies and books to practical use in film and book reviews and am talking to the personalities in publishing and filmmaking as well as reporting on the art and business of both crafts. I'm also writing general features on everything from celebrities and business to ideas and culture.
I've written over 15 novels,
dozens of short stories, poetry, a journal now in its 18th year and countless
other pieces of random creative thought. If you're curious about any of my
imaginative, creative or fiction writing, contact me.
November 1st, 2003
In hindsight, the original was an easy sell. It appeared with no hype so we got to see it for what it was, not what a marketing juggernaut wanted us to think it was.
December 5th, 2002
There’s a certain kind of movie called High Concept, born in the 80’s with a parking ticket-sized plot, more visual style than substance and choose-your-stereotype characters. Nowhere is the concept higher than Ghost Ship, where the title gives the whole movie away.
July 15th, 2004
Two words, Hollywood; ’battle fatigue’. How many more historical, computer-generated battles do we have to sit through to see a decent and entertaining movie?
December 2nd, 2004
You have your Michael Moores, The Corporations, No Logos and Manufacturing Consents. But the sharpest barb yet thrown at the power structure of western society comes in the guise of a puppet show sending up a typical action movie.
November 13th, 2006
In his autobiography My Wicked, Wicked Ways he wrote, “I intend to live the first half of my life. I don’t care about the rest.”
May 1st, 2008
Post the task, set a budget and sit back to let it happen. We’ve posted tasks in audio transcription and HTML, and it’s rare not to have at least ten bids within only a few days. Many are from the US, a handful are from Australia, and the rest are scattered across the world.
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