Writing Samples

Me fail English? That's unpossible!

David Mitchell has written for a number of volunteer publications, including school newspapers and the now-defunct Nintendoeye.com.

My credentials may sound dubious, and I may suddenly switch from the third person voice to the second person, but the fact is, I am an excellent writer! Samples of my writing are available below, sorted by genre and date. Most files are in text or html format, but a few had to be saved in Word's .doc format because of images and tables.

I'm always interested in new projects, so don't hestitate to contact me!

Technical Writing

The Honda Civic vs. the Honda Insight (2001)
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A comparison of Honda's new hybrid gas/electric vehicle, the Insight; and its traditional compact car, the Civic. I compiled the document, did the bulk of the editing and wrote the abstract. It was a group project, but I've stricken the names of my three co-authors for their privacy.

Project Atlantis User Manual (2001)
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The user manual for "Project Atlantis", a system developed in a software engineering class at the University of Calgary. I compiled and did some editing on the document.

Project Atlantis Test Report (2001)
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A review of testing done for the Project Atlantis system at the University of Calgary. I compiled and edited the document.

Project Atlantis Postmortem (2001)
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A project review for the Project Atlantis system. I wrote and the introduction and summary, and compiled and edited the document.

Entertainment / Video Games

I'm Your Man (2006)
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A review of a CD made up of live performances of Leonard Cohen's music. It has not been published.

Lady Gamers (2002)
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An opinion article published in Gamespotting's guest column. The article is about the videogame industry's poor attitude towards designing and marketing games for women.

Paper Mario Review (2001)
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A review of the Nintendo 64 game Paper Mario, published on Nintendoeye.

Success Factors (2001)
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An opinion article analyzing the video game console industry, and what it takes to succeed there. Appeared on Nintendoeye.com.

Literature

Rhetoric of a Cartoonist (2002)
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A paper on the rhetorical devices and arguments John Kricfalusi uses in his writing on the nature of cartoons and the cartoon industry.

Opinion

Lady Gamers (2002)
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An opinion article published in Gamespotting's guest column. The article is about the videogame industry's poor attitude towards designing and marketing games for women.