Trystan L. Bass

Welcome to My Portfolio

I write, therefore I am.

Everyone praises a website's design, but it's the text that conveys the actual voice of a brand. From small cues like user-interface text to in-depth articles, the words a business uses online shows who they are. So don't leave the writing as an afterthought.

I have over 15 years' experience writing online, crafting the right message to connect organizations with their desired audiences, whether to convince millions of people to recycle old TVs or to advise senior citizens how to buy Medicare insurance.

Take a look at my writing samples. Connect with me on LinkedIn so we can talk.

What I Can Do for You

AKA the CorpGoth at work.

Writing & Editing

Above all, I'm a writer. In everything I do, I work with words, whether creating my own work or editing other people's. Words are the true currency of the Internet (sorry, Bitcoin).

Content Strategy

Content marketing is just a fancy way of saying you use text to connect with an audience. How you do that is the strategy, and I bring a storyteller's expertise to finesse these connections.

Blogging & Social Media

Ever-changing platforms require short and snappy messaging. But blogs don't need to be clickbait, and 140 characters shouldn't be insipid. Quality matters.

Events & Publications

I can walk the walk and talk the talk. Teaching and learning what's new in the various industries I'm interested in keeps me going.

Writing Samples

From political rants on my private blogs to informational text for clients to pop culture critiques for anyone who'll listen, you can pry my keyboard from my cold, dead hands.

Movies Playing Fast and Loose With History: Why movies mess around with history, whether due to ignorance, market forces, or artistic vision.

IoT Smart Meters Can Save Water: How Internet of Things technology can connect water utilities and users to save resources.

The Yahoo! Style Guide: The Ultimate Sourcebook for Writing, Editing, and Creating Content for the Digital World, published by St. Martin's Press.

Fireplace Myths Busted: Evidence that burning logs in a typical fireplace isn't very efficient for heating a residential home during winter.

Check out the rest of my writing.

Get in touch

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/trystanbass