Elizabeth Kirwin

I love to watch and critique movies, but lately I am really getting into Amazon and Netflix. Both provide this exciting episodic dramas that explore subjects I am interested in intensely. This includes time travel, space travel and other civilizations and tales of real magic from across the earth. I write narratives and lately, many of my stories are episodic. I am interested in capturing, both in writing and film, conversations with language that is uniquely American in slang and dialect. I am interested in revealing the uncanniness and serendipity of a life fully lived, with an emphasis on colorful characters and natural settings. I believe rich stories with interesting characters and real dialogue are the winning formula for excellent movies. My interest in the American Gothic as a literary and artistic form is totally apparent in my work. Decay, death, degeneration of morals, economic collapse, lack of loyalty are all themes I tackle in my work. I take my cue from the American Gothic because it reflects the decay in the society in which we currently live. I also see a lot of optimism in the gothic form because the dark often leads to the light.

I am also writing about contemporary issues, such as the nature of the transgendered and transvestite in building individual character and reference points through the body. I come from an activist background and am integrating some things I have worked on in the past, such as the economic freedom of women and how this will change society, lesbians in public, polyamory and so much more.