Marva’s Portfolio
Marva’s childhood love of science fiction prompted her to study both English literature and physics at Arizona State (she thought learning a science would help her to write sci-fi; proving she does, in fact, have a wild imagination), then earn her MFA in screenwriting at the University of Southern California. But growing up, she never did see herself - a chubby, multiracial, introvert - reflected in the stories she loved so much. While honing her craft in the hopes of someday changing this, Marva spent much of her time experiencing all the toxicity a workplace has to offer, looking for love in all the wrong dating apps, and generally annoying people with her less-than-obvious mixed-race appearance and her extreme INTJ personality. Marva's written freelance, as well as staffed on and developed animated series. She’s also worked in communications and content marketing. In her spare time, Marva enjoys writing big, genre-blending worlds with characters we all know but never get to see on television. When she's not writing, she reads, plays video games, watches tv and movies, doodles, attempts to exercise on a regular basis, worries about the price of health insurance, and makes wild statements that worry her parents.
Miss Communications | hALF HOUR COMEDY
Obsessed with giant fighting robots, Jane Era dreams of getting a job working inside one, but only manages to land a job working in communications for a deeply toxic giant-fighting-robot-adjacent industry, where she'll have to learn to balance following her giant dreams with paying her giant-er student loans.
PURSUIT
A personal essay reflecting on happiness
The DEAD AUNT
A YouTube video ad script for Pocket FM’s audio story app
Development of idea - concept to outline
Hired to develop a friend’s idea; here’s the work leading up to script
Onboarding
One of the email communications I wrote, designed and distributed as an internal comms professional.
Employee OPINION SURVEY
Messaging I created as an internal communications professional
FUGUE | HALF HOUR COMEDY
On the 100th Anniversary of Naked Narwhal magazine, its iconic creator, Fugue Fefna really seems to have it all: she has the Narwhal mansion, a dozen boyfriends in their early twenties, and she looks pretty damn good for being 117 years old. But when two scientists develop an app that stands to change the porn industry forever, Fugue's going to have to learn a few new tricks, or at least remember some old ones, to keep her company afloat.
fools rush out
A YouTube video ad script for Pocket FM’s audio story app
aN ODE TO PEACH CHAMPAGNE, THE CHEAP KIND
A poem
Fireside
One of the email communications I wrote, designed and distributed as an internal comms professional.
bones
A poem
BONDING WITH GRANDPA
A YouTube video ad script for Pocket FM’s audio story app
TIME BAR | one hour dramedy
When the love of her life dies, leaving her a drinking establishment that exists outside of time and space, Shezera Whendrum is determined to leave it closed and move on with a normal life. But dangerous people and creatures are aware she's been left more than just a bar, and will stop at nothing -- even going so far as to kidnap Shezera's brothers -- to get what Shezera isn't even aware she has.
Solar eclipse
A personal essay about the solar eclipse
Billy took everything
A YouTube video ad script for Pocket FM’s audio story app
Editing a webcomic
Here’s some editing I did for the Webcomics app
MyPay
One of the videos I created to communicate upcoming changes to employees when I was an internal comms professional
A fortune cookie saved my life once
A blog article about being a writer