Fiction Writer for Biographical Drama / Cinematic Memoir

The Project We're looking for a biographical drama / cinematic memoir type writing with a legendary Hawaii music figure of around 40,000 words. His life is rich enough for the screen as a biographical drama like Ray, Michael, or Bohemian Rhapsody but only if it's shaped right. We don't want a chronology. We want the moments that matter, told with the precision and sensory weight that makes a reader feel like they're there. This is a true story written like fiction: built from his voice, his memories, and his lived experience, but shaped with scene, dialogue, pacing, and the kind of emotional architecture that translates to film. It has to grip and hold the reader, and force them to turn the pages. What We're Looking For A fiction writer with experience working in memoir or biographical narrative. You understand how to: - Build scenes from raw interview material and lived detail, not just arrange facts - Use sensory language and dialogue to bring people and moments into focus - Pace a narrative for emotional impact, not just chronology - Preserve the subject's voice and truth while shaping it for maximum resonance - You're comfortable working from oral history, research, and interview transcripts as your raw material. You can take "here's what happened" and make it "here's how it felt." This is human-written work only. All manuscript writing must be your original work, written by you. No AI-generated text, no AI assistance in drafting or composition. We're hiring you for your voice and craft. Currently, the full outline is done, and the transcript ready to be written into chapter-by-chapter pages. If your work is good, we will likely need more consistent work with our publishing company. If you're intrested, please apply with: 1. Relevant writing samples - if you have anything related to drama, that would be ideal. 2. How much experience do you have working with a raw interview trasncript and outline to produce your writing? 3. Would you be able to draft a small sample to showcase your skills? 4. What's your writing pace? 5. What's your rate for 40,000 words writing?