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About Me

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My name is Taylor Louise and I am an interdisciplinary creative with a BA in Individualized Studies from NYU Gallatin with several published works and production credits.

 

I love stories and I’m on a never-ending quest to become a better storyteller and to help other storytellers improve their craft!

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Here I am online:

  • Story Therapy LLC
  • Taylor Custis
  • Taylor Louise

Qualifications 

New York University – New York, NY                                                     

September 2017 - May 2021

NYU Buenos Aires - Buenos Aires, Argentina 

Global Liberal Studies                      

Gallatin School of Individualized Study

Bachelor of Arts: The Psychological and Social Causes and Effects of Storytelling   

 

Oxford University - Oxford Tradition Summer Program                                                       

June 2016

  • Creative Writing 

  • Business 

Harvard University -  Summer Program                                                                               

 June 2015 

  • Writing Short Fiction 

A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND...

When I was a freshman at NYU my auntie wrote a book. It was a 300+ page fantasy novel. Though she's not a fiction writer by trade, she’s a well-known creative and she was very proud of her manuscript. Still, it took her several years to get solid feedback on it. It wasn’t until after I graduated from college and had a little extra reading time, that I cracked it open and pored over it.  I approached it like one of my many reading assignments, analyzing it for tone, grammar, pacing, mood, and overall story. I didn’t just read her manuscript, I annotated it. I asked her questions about it. Why did she choose for certain characters to interact the way that they did? What were her intentions for a specific scene? What did she want the reader to come away with at the end of the novel?  Chapter by chapter I combed through her story the way I’d combed through dozens of essays and Humanities texts until I presented her with a several page document of my first impression of her work. This document became several conversations. Our interaction was the first time anyone had closely examined her work-in-progress and offered more than a “yes, that’s cool I guess” or a “sorry, I didn't read it” in response.  My aunt is an accomplished playwright. Through my notes and our conversation she realized that she preferred writing vignettes over long chapters. She pivoted in her writing process, experimenting with form and allowing for flexibility. Now that my auntie has her story, it can now take any structure she desires.  I decided to share the process I applied to my aunt's manuscript with other creatives, like you!  Now I comb through clients' stories with a trained eye, workshopping with writers to turn their WIPs into successful stories. If you have a story in your heart but you aren't sure how to make it work, I can help! There are key elements to a successful and engaging story and I studied them! I can help you input the missing ingredients to polish and perfect your story. Send me your draft, outline, or synopsis, in whatever state it's in and we'll get to workshopping. Let's chat! ​

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