Matt M
Writer #67962
Joined 12/19/2022
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With over five years of freelance writing work, Matt has been published in pop culture publications like Film School Rejects and One Perfect Shot (now a documentary show on HBO produced by Ava Duvernay), The Outline, and has contributed to Luke O'Neil's celebrated newsletter Welcome To Hell World.

He has over a decade of experience and expertise in hospitality and is at home writing about spirits, wine, beer, cocktails, fine dining, grilling, and industry happenings related to hospitality (including reviews and recommendations).

Mat is also a politics junkie and avid reader of political blogs and theory, and is comfortable writing about politics both domestically and abroad.
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Specialties

Matt specializes in blog-style essays on pop culture and news. He has experience writing social copy, ad copy, and landing page copy, and is comfortable with writing advertising copy on all social media platforms. With a background in film and tv, he is also adept at writing advertising scripts and voice copy.

Listicles, recommendations, review blogs, and explainers are all fair game in topics such as entertainment, food, beverage (wine, beer, and spirits), politics, travel, internet culture, pop culture, and music.

Interests

Matt is a writer of fiction and screenplays and is an award-nominated playwright. He has appeared as an actor in three seasons of television and dozens of commercials and is an avid reader of fiction and poetry. His Master's thesis, a speculative fiction novel, is being queried to agents now.

Education

Bishop's University

An Undergraduate degree in theatre focusing on performance and writing.

University of British Columbia

An MFA in Creative Writing from one of the top three ranked schools in Canada.

Entertainment

20 Projects Completed

Over the course of dozens of articles spanning film, television, and the history of both, Matt's articles for various outlets have been some of the highest-performing posts in multiple markets. In voices that can range from educational to humourous to in-depth analysis, his entertainment knowledge is second to none and his precision in crafting clickable stories will have your articles doing numbers.

Cooking/Beverage

10 Projects Completed

Expert-level familiarity with the alcohol and wine industry.

Article

15 Projects Completed

Articles on a variety of subjects or specialties, ranging from pop culture to technology to news to politics and everything in between. Changing voice and tone for different markets and industries to match the product, service, or company.

Script/Video

10 Projects Completed

With over ten years of experience in the film industry as an actor, writer, and assistant director, Matt has a familiarity and comfort with script for video that most writers lack. Add copy for tv or radio, narration for business presentations or interactive exhibits, Matt is familiar with and comfortable with all of these styles.

Radio Spot

10 Projects Completed

As a performer and professional voice actor, Matt's familiarity with voice work makes him uniquely suited to this type of writing. Nowhere else will you find someone more adept at writing speakable copy in a variety of voices and styles that suit whatever the client's needs are.

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